Al-Dhubi, Al-Dubi ( Dhubī), or the Dhubi Sheikhdom ( Mashyakhat ad-Dhubī), was a small state in the British Aden Protectorate. Dhubi was located between Mawsata in the southwest, Hadrami in the northeast, Lower Yafa in the south and Upper Yafa in the north.
Its last sheikh was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000
History Al-Dhubi was one of the five sheikhdoms of Upper Yafa.
It entered into a protectorate treaty with Britain on 11 May 1903.
It was part nominally of the Western Aden Protectorate.
Al-Dhubi never joined the Federation of South Arabia, but became part of the Protectorate of South Arabia between 1963 and 1967.R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975
Rulers Al-Dhubi was ruled by sheikhs who bore the title Shaykh al-Mashyakha ad-Dhubiyya.States of the Aden Protectorates Sheikhs c.1750 - 1780 Muhammad c.1780 - 1810 Jabir ibn Muhammad c.1810 - 1840 `Atif ibn Jabir c.1840 - 1870 Ahmad ibn `Atif c.1870 - 1900 Salih ibn Ahmad ibn `Atif Jabir 1900 - 1915 Muhammad ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir Together with `Umar ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir 1915 - 1946 Both previous rulers jointly with Salim ibn Salih ibn `Atif Jabir 1946 - 1967 `Abd al-Rahman ibn Salih See also Aden Protectorate Upper Yafa
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External links Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate