Shaib
The Sheikdom Shaib ( Arabic شعيب Shuʿayb ) was a state within the Southern Arab Federation after briefly belonging to the Federation of the United Arab Emirates of the South . The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen . His last sheikh was Yahya Mohamed Al-Kholaqi Al-Saqladi, who was ousted in 1967 and died in Jeddah in 2001 . The sheikdom was incorporated into the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1967 .
Geographically, the small inland sheichtum was located between the Yemeni provinces of Upper Yafa, Maflahi and Saudi Arabia .
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.