| Dhubi Sheikdom مشيخة الضُبي | |||||||||
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| State of theProtectorate of South Arabia | |||||||||
| 18th century–1967 | |||||||||
 Map of the Federation of South Arabia | |||||||||
| • Type | Sheikhdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||
• Established | 18th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1967 | ||||||||
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Al-Dhubi,Al-Dubi (Arabic:الضُبيDhubī), or theDhubi Sheikhdom (Arabic:مشيخة الضُبيMashyakhat ad-Dhubī), was a small state in theBritishAden Protectorate. Dhubi was located betweenMawsata in the southwest,Hadrami in the northeast,Lower Yafa in the south andUpper Yafa in the north.
Its last sheikh was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of thePeople's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic ofYemen.[1]
Al-Dhubi was one of the five sheikhdoms ofUpper Yafa.
It entered into a protectorate treaty with Britain on 11 May 1903.[2]
It was part nominally of theWestern Aden Protectorate.
Al-Dhubi never joined theFederation of South Arabia, but became part of theProtectorate of South Arabia between 1963 and 1967.[3]
Al-Dhubi was ruled by sheikhs who bore the titleShaykh al-Mashyakha ad-Dhubiyya.[4]
