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Al-Muflehi
Muflahi
(Muflaḥī), or the Muflahi Sheikhdom (Mashyakhat
al-Muflaḥī), was a state in the British Aden
Protectorate. It 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. Its last sheikh, al Qasim ibn Abd ar
Rahman, was deposed and his state was abolished
in 1967 upon the founding of the People's
Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part
of the Republic of Yemen. Upper Yafa or the
Sultanate of Upper Yafa, was a state in the
British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate
of South Arabia. It was ruled by the Harharah
dynasty and its capital was Mahjaba. Within its
area were the sheikhdoms of Busi, Dhubi,
Hadrami, Maflahi, and Mausatta. In the 1960s,
Upper Yafa did not join the British-sponsored
Federation of South Arabia but became a part of
the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was
abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the
People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part
of the Republic of Yemen. Maflahi prenounced
almuflahi was one of the greatest shiekhdom in
arabia as it had the influence of a great law
and established it to the south yemem country |