Yafea, History, Lower Yafea

Lower Yafa, Lower Yafa'i (Yāfi al-Suflā), or the Sultanate of Lower Yafa (Salṭanat Yāfi al-Suflā), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. It was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959 and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia, in 1963. It was ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty and its capital was at Jaar. Its last sultan, Mahmud ibn Aidrus Al Afifi, was deposed and his state abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

Yafa and the Himyarite Empire
Yafi' was also the seat of the ancient Himyarite dynasty, which lasted from 110 BCE to 632 CE when it was fully integrated into the Islamic empire.