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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name            = {{lang|ar|مشيخة المفلحي}}
|conventional_long_name = Muflihi Sheikdom
|common_name            =Muflihi
|subdivision = State
|nation = the [[Federation of South Arabia]]
|era                    = 20th century
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|year_start             = 1850
|year_end               = 1967
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|capital                = [[Ad Dali']]
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'''Muflihi''', '''Muflahi''' ({{Langx|ar|مفلحي}} ''{{transl|ar|Muflaḥī}}''), Muflihi or the '''Muflahi Sheikhdom''' ({{Langx|ar|مشيخة المفلحي }} ''{{transl|ar|Mashyakhat al-Muflaḥī}}''), was a state in the [[British Empire|British]] [[Aden Protectorate]].<ref>Paul Dresch. ''A History of Modern Yemen.'' Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000</ref>
Its last sheikh, Kassim Abdulrahaman Al-Muflihi, 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]].
==History==
Muflihi was originally one of the five sheikhdoms of [[Upper Yafa]] but joined the [[Federation of South Arabia]] and its successor, the [[Federation of South Arabia]], as a separate state.<ref>R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975</ref>
Although most of the Al Muflahi family members still reside in Yemen, some members of the family migrated north of the Arabian peninsula in the early 1960s by settling into countries such as [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Kuwait]], [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Qatar]]. Recently, many have moved to western countries as well, including the [[United Kingdom]] in areas such as Birmingham and the [[United States of America]]; in the latter they live predominantly in the [[Metro Detroit]] area.
===Sheikhs===
* 1850 – 1885                al-Qasim al-Sakkaf
* 1885 – 1920                `Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim al-Sakkaf
* 1920 – 12 August 1967         al-Qasim ibn `Abd al-Rahman
* 1967 – 2000                 Abd al-Hamid ibn Qasim
* 2000 – Present               `Ammar ibn `Abd al-Hamid
==See also==
*[[Aden Protectorate]]
*[[Upper Yafa]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120716193110/http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/190523ar.gif Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate]
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