Sultanate of Fadli

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The Sultanate of Fadhli ( Arabic فضلي, DMG Faḍlī ) was a state within the South 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 . The sultanate existed from 1670 to 1967.

It was one of the nine cantons ( Sultanate of Lahij , Emirate of Dhala , Sheikdom Alawi , Lower Aulaqi Sultanate , Sheikdom Aqrabi , Haushabi , Lower Yafi Sultanate ) that signed the Protection Treaty with the United Kingdom in the late 19th century . Its capital was Shuqra . In 1962 the administration moved to Zindschibar , but the seat of the sultanate remained in Shuqra. His last sultan was Nasser bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ahmed al-Fadli (Arabic:السلطان ناصر بن عبد الله بن حسين بن أحمد الفضلي). This was ousted and his sheikdom was incorporated into the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1967 .

Sultans

The rule of the sultans reached back to before 1670. The sultans were:

  • Othman (ʿUthman), ruled from an unknown period until 1670
  • Fadl bin Othman, ruled 1670–1700
  • Ahmed bin Fadl bin Othman, ruled 1700–1730
  • Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Fadl, ruled 1730–1760
  • Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ahmed, ruled 1760–1789
  • Abdullah, ruled 1789–1805
  • Ahmed bin Abdullah, ruled 1805–1819
  • Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Abdullah, ruled 1819–1828
  • Haydara bin Ahmed bin Abdullah, ruled 1870–1877
  • Hussein bin Ahmed bin Abdullah, only ruled in 1877
  • Ahmed bin Hussein bin Ahmed, 1877–1907, concluded a pact with the British in 1888
  • Hussein bin Ahmed bin Abdullah, second term 1907–1924
  • Abd al-Qadir bin Ahmed bin Hussein, ruled 1924–1927
  • Abdullah bin Hussein, ruled 1927–1929
  • Fadl bin Hussein, ruled 1929–1933
  • Abd al-Karim, ruled 1933–1936
  • Saleh bin Fadl, ruled 1936–1941
  • Abdullah bin Othman (ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUthman), ruled 1941–1962, disempowered
  • Ahmed bin Abdullah, ruled 1962–1964, disempowered
  • Nasser bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ahmed, ruled 1964–1967, the last sultan

literature

  • Gavin, RJ Aden Under British Rule, 1839-1967 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b "States of the Aden Protectorates: Fadli" World Statesmen
  2. ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980) "Fadhli Sultanate of Zingibar" Burke's Royal Families of the World: Africa & the Middle East (2nd edition of Burke's royal families of the world ) Burke's Peerage, London, page 3, ISBN 0- 85011-023-8
  3. ↑ Hertslet's Commercial Treaties 19th edition, page 90
  4. ↑ Hinchcliffe, Peter; Ducker, John T. and Holt, Maria (2007) Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden Tauris, London, p. 299, ISBN 978-1-84511-140-3
  5. ↑ Hinchcliffe, Peter; Ducker, John T. and Holt, Maria (2007) Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden Tauris, London, page 89 , ISBN 978-1-84511-140-3
  6. ↑ Hinchcliffe, Peter; Ducker, John T. and Holt, Maria (2007) Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden Tauris, London, pp. 89-91 , 161, 168 , ISBN 978-1-84511-140-3

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