Maflahi Explained

Native Name:Arabic: مشيخة المفلحي
Conventional Long Name:Muflihi Sheikdom
Common Name:Muflihi
Subdivision:State
Nation:the Federation of South Arabia
Era:20th century
Government Type:Sheikhdom
Year Start:1850
Year End:1967
P1:Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
S1:South Yemen
Flag S1:Flag of South Yemen.svg
Image Map Caption:Map of the Federation of South Arabia
Capital:Ad Dali'

Muflihi, Muflahi (), Muflihi or the Muflahi Sheikhdom (), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate.[1] Its last sheikh, Kassim Abdulrahaman Al-Muflihi, was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

History

Muflihi was originally one of the five sheikhdoms of Upper Yafa but joined the Federation of South Arabia and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia, as a separate state.[2] Although most of the Al Muflahi family members still reside in Yemen, some members of the family migrated north of the Arabian peninsula in the early 1960s by settling into countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Recently, many have moved to western countries as well, including the United Kingdom in areas such as Birmingham and the United States of America; in the latter they live predominantly in the Metro Detroit area.

Sheikhs

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Notes and References

  1. Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000
  2. R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975