Rulers: Yemen
States of the Aden protectorates
States of the Western Aden Protectorate
`Alawi
1839 `Alawi Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
- al-`Alawi dynasty, Ahl `Ali line -
1839 - 18.. Hilal ibn ShaŽif
18.. - 18.. ...
18.. - Mar 1875 ShaŽif ibn ShaŽif
1875 - 1892 Sa`id ibn Salih
1892 - Apr 1898 ShaŽif ibn Sa`id
1898 al-Husayn ibn Salih
1898 - Jul 1920 `Ali ibn Nasir
1920 - 1925 `Abd al-Nabi ibn `Ali
1925 - 1940 Muhsin
1940 - 28 Aug 1967 Salih ibn Sayil
`Aqrabi
17.. `Aqrabi Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
- al-`Aqrabi dynasty -
1770 - 1833 al-Mahdi ibn `Ali
1833 - 1858 Haydara ibn al-Mahdi
1858 - 8 Mar 1905 `Abd Allah ibn Haydara
1905 - 1940 al-Fadl ibn `Abd Allah
1940 - 1957 Muhammad ibn al-Fadl
1957 - 28 Aug 1967 Mahmud ibn Muhammad
`Awdhali
... al-`Awdhali Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
- al-`Awdhali Ibn al-`Awsaji dynasty -
*1902 - Sep 1928 al-Qasim ibn Hamid al-Ghabir
1928 - Sep 1967 Salih ibn al-Husayn ibn Ja`bil
Lower `Awlaqi
17.. Lower `Awlaqi Sultanate
Sultans
- al-`Awlaqi dynasty, Ahl `Ali lineage -
... - ... `Ali ibn Munassar
... - ... al-Mahdi ibn `Ali
... - ... `Ali ibn al-Mahdi
... - ... `Abd Allah ibn `Ali
... - ... Nasir ibn Abi Bakr
*1855 - Jul 1863 Munassar ibn Abi Bakr
1863 - 1892 Abu Bakr ibn `Abd Allah
1892 - 1900 Salih ibn `Ali
1900 - 5 Dec 1902 `Ali ibn Munassar
6 Dec 1902 - 1912 Nasir ibn Abi Bakr
1912 - 1924 Abu Bakr ibn Nasir
1924 - Apr 1930 Munassar ibn `Ali
1930 - 1947 `Aydarus ibn `Ali
1947 - 29 Nov 1967 Nasir ibn `Aydarus
Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
- al-`Awlaqi dynasty, Ahl Ma`n lineage -
... - ... Amir Daha
... - ... Amir Yaslam ibn Daha
... - ... Amir `Ali ibn Yaslam
... - ... Amir `Amm Dayb ibn `Ali al-Yaslami
... - ... Amir Ruways ibn `Amm Dayb
al-Yaslami
... - ... Amir Nasir ibn Ruways al-Yaslami
*1871 - 2 Jun 1883 Amir Farid ibn Nasir al-Yaslami
1883 - 1890 Amir Ruways ibn Farid al-Yaslami
1890 - Jul 1902 Amir `Amm Rassas ibn Farid
al-Yaslami
1902 - 1959 Amir Muhsin ibn Farid al-Yaslami
1959 - 28 Aug 1967 Amir `Abd Allah ibn Muhsin
al-Yaslami
Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate
17.. Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate
Sultans
- al-`Awlaqi dynasty, Ahl `Abd Allah lineage -
... - ... Munassar
... - ... Farid ibn Munassar
... - 1862 `Abd Allah ibn Farid
1862 - Sep 1879 `Awad ibn `Abd Allah
1879 - 11 Dec 1887 `Abd Allah ibn `Awad
Dec 1887 - 1935 Salih ibn `Abd Allah
1935 - 29 Nov 1967 `Awad ibn Salih
Bayhan
... Emirate of Bayhan
Emirs
- Banu Hashim dynasty -
... - ... Sharif Muqbil ibn al-Husayn Abu
al-Qaysi
... - ... Sharif `Abil ibn Muqbil
... - ... Sharif al-Barak ibn `Abil
... - 1903 Sharif Muhsin ibn al-Barak al-`Abili
1903 - 1935 Sharif Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-`Abili
1935 - Jul 1967 Sharif Salih ibn al-Husayn al-`Abili
Dali`
... Emirate of Dali`
Emirs
- al-`Amiri dynasty -
*1839* Musa`id ibn al-Hasan
... - Jan 1872 Shafa`ul ibn `Abd al-Hadi
Apr 1872 - 1873 `Ali ibn Muqbil (1st time)
1873 - Dec 1873 Muhammad ibn Musa`id
Jan 1874 - Apr 1874 `Ali ibn Muqbil (2nd time)
Apr 1874 - Mar 1878 `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
Mar 1878 - 10 Sep 1886 `Ali ibn Muqbil (2nd time)
Sep 1886 - 22 Dec 1911 ShaŽif ibn Sayf
Dec 1911 - 1921 Nasir ibn ShaŽif (1st time)
19.. - 1947 Haydara
1947 - 1953 Nasir ibn ShaŽif (2nd time)
1953 - 1954 `Ali ibn `Ali
1954 - 17 Aug 1967 Shafa`ul ibn `Ali
Dathina
... State of Dathina
Chairmen of the Council of State
*6 Apr 1966* al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Jabiri
1966 - 14 Aug 1967 `Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaya
Dubi
18.. Sheikhdom of Dubi
Sheikhs
*1903 - 1915* Muhammad ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir
jointly with
*1903 - 1915* `Umar ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir
later jointly with
*1915* Salim ibn Salih ibn `Atif Jabir
*1947 - 1967 `Abd al-Rahman ibn Salih
Fadli
17.. Fadli Sultanate
Sultans
- al-Fadli dynasty -
17.. - 17.. `Uthman
17.. - 17.. al-Fadl ibn `Uthman
1789 - 1805 `Abd Allah
1805 - 1819 Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah
1819 - 1828 `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad
1828 - 3 Feb 1870 Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah
Feb 1870 - 23 Aug 1877 Haydara ibn Ahmad
1877 - Mar 1907 Ahmad ibn al-Husayn
1907 - 1924 al-Husayn ibn Ahmad
1924 - 31 Mar 1927 `Abd al-Qadir ibn Ahmad
1927 - 1929 `Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn
21 May 1929 - 1933 al-Fadl ibn al-Husayn
1933 - 1936 `Abd al-Karim
1936 - 1941 Salih ibn al-Fadl
1941 - 21 Dec 1962 `Abd Allah ibn `Uthman
21 Dec 1962 - 9 Jul 1964 Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah
10 Jul 1964 - 29 Nov 1967 Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
Hadrami
18.. Hadrami Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
- al-Hadrami dynasty -
... - ... Nasir ibn Muhsin
*1903 - 1908* Muhsin ibn Muhsin
*1947 - 1958 Muhammad ibn Muhsin
1959 - 1967 `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
1967 `Abd al-Qawi
Hawshabi
17.. Hawshabi Sultanate
Sultans
- al-Hawshabi dynasty -
*1839 - 1 Jun 1858 Mani` ibn Sallam
1858 - 1863 `Ubayd ibn Yahya
1863 - 4 May 1886 `Ali ibn Mani` (I)
1886 - 1894 Muhsin ibn `Ali (I) (1st time)
- al-`Abdali dynasty -
1894 - 1895 al-Fadl ibn `Ali
- al-Hawshabi dynasty -
6 Mar 1895 - 28 Sep 1904 Muhsin ibn `Ali (I) (2nd time)
1904 - Aug 1922 `Ali ibn Mani` (II)
1922 - 19.. Muhsin ibn `Ali (II)
19.. - 19.. al-Surur ibn Muhammad
*1947 - 1955 Muhammad ibn al-Surur
1955 - 29 Nov 1967 Faysal ibn al-Surur
Lahj
1728 Sultanate of Lahj
Sultans
- al-`Abdali dynasty -
1728 - 1742 al-Fadl ibn `Ali al-Sallami
1742 - 1753 `Abd al-Karim ibn al-Fadl
1753 - 1775 `Abd al-Hadi ibn `Abd al-Karim
1775 - 1791 al-Fadl ibn `Abd al-Karim
1791 - 1827 Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Karim
1827 - Nov 1839 Muhsin ibn al-Fadl (1st time)
Nov 1839 Ahmad ibn Muhsin (1st time)
Nov 1839 - Aug 1846 Muhsin ibn al-Fadl (2nd time)
11 Aug 1846 - Sep 1846 Sayyid Isma`il (usurper)
Sep 1846 - 30 Nov 1847 Muhsin ibn al-Fadl (3rd time)
Dec 1847 - 20 Jan 1849 Ahmad ibn Muhsin (2nd time)
Mar 1849 - 7 Apr 1863 `Ali ibn Muhsin
Apr 1863 - 1863 al-Fadl ibn `Ali (1st time)
1863 - 5 Jul 1874 al-Fadl ibn Muhsin
5 Jul 1874 - 27 Apr 1898 al-Fadl ibn `Ali (2nd time)
29 Apr 1898 - Mar 1914 Ahmad ibn al-Fadl
Mar 1914 - 4 Jul 1915 `Ali ibn Ahmad (b. ... - d. 1915)
13 Jul 1915 - 18 Jun 1947 `Abd al-Karim ibn al-Fadl (b. ... - d. 1947)
18 Jun 1947 - 21 May 1952 al-Fadl ibn `Abd al-Karim
4 Jun 1952 - 10 Jul 1958 `Ali ibn `Abd al-Karim (b. 1923?)
10 Jul 1958 - Aug 1967 al-Fadl ibn `Ali
(acting to 8 Dec 1958)
Maflahi
18.. Maflahi Sheikhdom
Sheikhs
*1903 - 1917* `Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
al-Sakkaf
*1947 - 12 Aug 1967 al-Qasim ibn `Abd al-Rahman
Mawsata
18.. State of Mawsata
Rulers (title Naqib)
- Al Askar `Ali dynasty -
*1904 - 1917* Muhsin ibn `Askar
(jointly with the following two)
*1904 - 1907 `Ali ibn `Askar
1907 - 1917* Naji` ibn `Ali
*1947 - 1966 Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn `Ali
(jointly with the following two)
*1947 - 1959 al-Husayn ibn Salih ibn Muhsin
1959 - 29 Nov 1967 Salih ibn al-Husayn
Sha`ib
17.. Sheikhdom of Sha`ib
Sheikhs
- al-Saqladi dynasty -
*1903 - 1915* `Ali ibn Mani`
19.. - 1948 Muhammad ibn Muqbil
1948 - 1954 Ahmad ibn Mani`
1954 - 1963 Yahya ibn Muhammad
1963 - 7 Jul 1965 Nashir ibn `Abd Allah (b. ... - d. 1965)
1965 - Sep 1967 Yahya ibn Mutahhar
Lower Yafa`
17.. Sultanate of Lower Yafa` (Yafa` Bani `Afif -
literally Yafa` of the Banu `Afif)
Sultans
- Banu `Afif dynasty -
... - ... `Afif
... - ... Qahtan ibn `Afif
... - ... Sayf ibn Qahtan
... - ... Ma`awda ibn Sayf
... - ... Ghalib ibn Ma`awda
... - ... `Abd al-Karim ibn Ghalib
... - 14 Dec 1841 `Ali ibn Ghalib
Dec 1841 - 28 Sep 1873 Ahmad ibn `Ali
1873 - 26 May 1885 `Ali ibn Ahmad
May 1885 - 19 Jul 1891 Muhsin ibn Ahmad
1891 - 27 Jun 1893 Ahmad ibn `Ali
1893 - 4 Jan 1899 Abu Bakr ibn ShaŽif
1899 - 1916 `Abd Allah ibn Muhsin
1916 - 1925 Muhsin ibn `Ali
1925 - 1954 `Aydarus ibn Muhsin
1954 - 1967 Muhammad Shuqqi ibn `Aydarus
1967 - 28 Aug 1967 Mahmud ibn `Aydarus
Upper Yafa`
17.. Sultanate of Upper Yafa` (Yafa` al-Sufla -
literally Lower Yafa`!)
Sultans
*1866* `Abd Allah ibn Nasir
*1881 - 28 Apr 1895 Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Salih
ibn Ahmad
1895 - 1904 Qahtan ibn `Umar ibn al-Husayn
Harhara
1904 - 1919 `Umar ibn Qahtan ibn `Umar
1919 - 1927 Salih ibn `Umar ibn al-Husayn
Harhara
1927 - 1948 `Umar ibn Salih ibn `Umar
1948 - 29 Nov 1967 Muhammad ibn Salih ibn `Umar
States of the Eastern Aden Protectorate
Barhut
... Sultanate of Barhut
Sultans
... ...
al-Hawra
18.. Sheikhdom of al-Hawra
Sheikhs
- Ba Shahid al-Dhuyaybi dynasty -
*1858 - 6 May 1895 `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
1895 - Feb 1896 Sa`if ibn `Abd Allah
Feb 1896 - 1 Mar 1900 Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah
Mar 1900 - 6 Oct 1917 Salih ibn `Awad
(interrupted in May 1904)
Oct 1917 - 1950* `Awad ibn Salih
al-`Irqa
18.. Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa
Sheikhs
- Al DhiŽab dynasty -
... - 2 Jan 1901 `Awad ibn Muhammad Ba Das
1901 - 193. Ahmad ibn `Awad Ba Das
*1949 - 1950* Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah ibn
`Awad Ba Das
Mahra
1549 Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra
Sultans
- Banu `Afrar dynasty -
*1834* Sultan ibn `Amr (on Suqutra)
*1834* Ahmad ibn Sultan (at Qishn)
1835 - 1845 `Amr ibn Sa`d ibn Taw`ari
1845 - 18.. Taw`ari ibn `Ali
18.. - 18.. Ahmad ibn Sa`d
18.. - 18.. `Abd Allah ibn Sa`d
18.. - 18.. `Abd Allah ibn Salim
*1875 - 1907 `Ali ibn `Abd Allah
1907 - 1928* `Abd Allah ibn `Isa
*1946 - Feb 1952 Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah
Feb 1952 - 1966 `Isa ibn `Ali ibn Salim
1966 - 16 Oct 1967 `Abd Allah ibn Ashur
Qasm
... Sultanate of Qasm
Sultans
- al-Tamimi dynasty -
... ...
SayŽun
14.. Kathiri Sultanate
1847 Kathiri Sultanate of SayŽun
Sultans
- Al Kathir dynasty, Al `Abd Allah lineage -
*1847 - 189. Ghalib ibn Muhsin
189. - May 1929 al-Mansur ibn Ghalib
May 1929 - 1938 `Ali ibn al-Mansur
1938 - 24 Apr 1949 Ja`far ibn al-Mansur
Apr 1949 - 2 Oct 1967 al-Husayn ibn `Ali
Shabwa
... Sultanate of Shabwa
19.. incorporated into SayŽun
Sultans
- Al Burayk dynasty -
... ...
Tarim
... Sultanate of Tarim
19.. incorporated into SayŽun
Sultans
... - 192. Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Sheikh al-Kaf
192. - 194. Sayyid `Ali al-Kaf
194. - 19.. `Abd Allah ibn Sa`id
al-Shihr waŽl Mukalla
10 Nov 1881 al-Shihr and al-Mukalla states joined
1902 Sultanate of al-Shihr and al-Mukalla
al-Shihr
Ruler (title Wali)
- Al Burayk dynasty -
*1842 - 1866 `Ali ibn Naji`
Rulers (titles Hakim and Jama`dar)
- al-Qu`ayti dynasty -
1866 - 10 Nov 1881 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
+ `Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
al-Mukalla
Rulers (title Naqib)
- al-Kasadi dynasty -
... - ... Ahmad ibn Salim
... - ... Salih ibn Ahmad
... - 1842 `Abd al-Rabb ibn Salih
Aug 1842 - 26 Apr 1851 Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Habib
1851 - 11 May 1873 Salih ibn Muhammad
1873 - 10 Nov 1881 `Umar ibn Salih
Ghayl
1868 State of Ghayl Ba Wazir
19.. incorporated into al-Shihr waŽl Mukalla
Rulers (titles Hakim and Jama`dar)
- al-Qu`ayti dynasty -
1868 - 25 Nov 1888 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
Nov 1888 - 19.. Munassar ibn `Abd Allah
+ al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah
al-Shihr waŽl Mukalla
Rulers (titles Hakim and Jama`dar)
10 Nov 1881 - 25 Nov 1888 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
jointly with
10 Nov 1881 - 1902 `Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
Sultans
1902 - Dec 1910 `Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
Dec 1910 - Jun 1922 Ghalib ibn `Awad
Jun 1922 - 6 Mar 1936 `Umar ibn `Awad
6 Mar 1936 - 27 May 1956 Salih ibn Ghalib
27 May 1956 - Aug 1966 `Awad ibn Salih
Aug 1966 - 17 Sep 1967 Ghalib ibn `Awad
Wahidi
... Wahidi Sultanate
... Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl Haf
187. split into four states
- Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl Haf
- Wahidi Sultanate of `Azzan
- Wahidi Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
- Wahidi Sultanate of Habban
May 1881 BaŽl Haf and `Azzan joined
1962 joint sultanate renamed Wahidi Sultanate;
BiŽr `Ali and Habban remain subordinate sultanates
Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl Haf
Sultans
- al-Wahidi dynasty -
... - ... Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
... - ... Ahmad ibn Nasir
... - ... Muhsin ibn `Ali
... - ... al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah
... - ... `Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn
... - 1877 Ahmad ibn al-Husayn
1877 - 1881 Salih ibn Ahmad
1881 - 4 May 1881 `Umar ibn al-Husayn
Wahidi Sultanate of `Azzan
Sultan
- al-Wahidi dynasty -
187. - May 1881 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar
Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl Haf and `Azzan, from 1962 Wahidi Sultanate
Sultans
- al-Wahidi dynasty -
May 1881 - Jan 1885 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar
15 Jan 1885 - 1892 al-Hadi ibn Salih
1892 - 1893 Muhsin ibn Salih (1st time)
1893 - 1904 Salih ibn `Abd Allah
14 Dec 1904 - Jan 1919 Muhsin ibn Salih (2nd time)
1919 - 194. `Ali ibn al-Husayn
194. - 1948 `Ali ibn Muhsin
1948 - 19 Feb 1967 Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
20 Feb 1967 - Aug 1967 `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sa`id
(acting)
Wahidi Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
Sultans
- al-Wahidi dynasty -
*1870* al-Hadi ibn Talib
18.. - 1888 Talib ibn al-Hadi
1888 - 1892 Muhsin ibn Salih
1893 - 1915* Salih ibn Ahmad
19.. - 1940 Nasir ibn Talib
1940 - 1965 `Alawi ibn Muhsin
1965 - 29 Nov 1967 `Alawi ibn Salih
Wahidi Sultanate of Habban
Sultans
- al-Wahidi dynasty -
187. - 1881 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar
*1905 - 1915* Nasir ibn Salih
*1962 - 29 Nov 1967 al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah