Map of the Federation of South Arabia

Lower Yafa, Lower Yafa'i (Arabic: يافع السفلى‎ [Yāfiʿ al-Suflā]), or the Sultanate of Lower Yafa (Arabic: سلطنة يافع السفلى [Salṭanat Yāfiʿ al-Suflā]), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century It was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959 and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia, in 1963. The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South (اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي was an organization of States within the British Aden Protectorate The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty and its capital was at Jaar. A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations Its last sultan, Mahmud ibn Aidrus Al Afifi, was deposed and his state abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part of the Republic of Yemen. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

Yafa is one of the biggest tribes of Arabia. The Yafai tribe is divided into 10 branches or sheikhdoms of which 5 are in Lower Yafa and the other 5 are in Upper Yafa. These sheikhdoms then are broken down to many smaller branches and extended families.

Yafa and the Himyarite Empire

Yafa was also the seat of the ancient Himyarite dynasty, which lasted from 110 BCE to 632 CE when it was fully integrated into the Islamic empire. The Himyarite Kingdom or Himyar (in Arabic مملكة حِمْيَر) anciently called Homerite Kingdom by the Greeks and the Romans