Polity Sultanate of Lower Yafa

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Was one of the many Southern Arabia Petty Kingdoms that later became protectorates of the British Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1801: Lower Yafa consisted of five sheikhdoms united around 1800.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1840: Soon after the British capture of Aden an engagement was entered into in 1839 with Ali bin Ghalib, Sultan of the Lower Yafai.