Maflahi
The sheikdom Maflahi , Muflahi ( Arabic مفلحي Muflaḥī ), was a state within the Southern Arab Federation after briefly belonging to the Federation of the United Arab Emirates of the South . Originally it was one of five sheikdoms that were part of Upper Yafa . His last sheikh was Kassim Abdulrahaman Al-Muflahi. This was ousted and his sheikdom was incorporated into the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1967 . The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen . In the 1960s, several members of the Al-Maflahi family moved to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Sheikhs
- Qasim al-Sakkaf 1850–1885
- Abd al-Rahman ben al-Qasim al-Sakkaf 1885 - 1920 `
- Qasim ben Abd al-Rahman 1920-1967
literature
- Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- RJ Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967 . London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975.
- Tom Little. South Arabia: Arena of Conflict . London: Pall Mall Press, 1968.