Maflahi

Map of the Federation of South Arabia

Muflahi (Arabic: مفلحي [Muflaḥī]), or the Muflahi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة المفلحي[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 . 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. Al muflahi shaikdom was one of the greatest shaiekdom in south arabia that it has a great influance and ensured rules over its power and expansion .