Lower Yafa
| Sultanate of Lower Yafa Arabic: يافع السفلى Yāfi‘ as-Suflá |
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| Capital | Jaʿār | ||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||
| HRH Sultan | Mahmud ibn Aidrus Al Afifi | ||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||
| • | Established | ca. 1800 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1967 | |||
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Lower Yafa, Lower Yafa'i (Arabic: يافع السفلى Yāfi‘ as-Suflá), or the Sultanate of Lower Yafa (Arabic: سلطنة يافع السفلى Salṭanat Yāfi‘ as-Suflá), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate.
Lower Yafa was ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty and its capital was at Jaar. This former sultanate is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Yafa was the seat of the ancient Himyarite dynasty, which lasted from 110 BCE to 632 CE when it was fully integrated into the Rashidun Caliphate.
The Yafai tribe was traditionally divided into 10 branches or sheikhdoms of which 5 are in Lower Yafa and the other 5 are in Upper Yafa. These sheikhdoms are broken down to many smaller branches and extended families.
A treaty of Protection was signed between the British and the Sultan of Lower Yafa in 1895.
Lower Yafa included some fertile areas of Abyan belonging to the sheikhdoms of Al Saadi, Yaher, Kalad, Thi Nakheb, and Yazidi. Its capital was the former residence of the Banū Afīf Sultans. There was a second capital in Al Qara where a picturesque palace, the mountain retreat of the Sultan, was located.
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