Upper Yafa, Upper Yafa'i (Arabic: يافع العليا [Yāfiʿ al-ʿUlyā]), or the Sultanate of Upper Yafa (Arabic: سلطنة يافع العليا [Salṭanat Yāfiʿ al-ʿUlyā]), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. 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 The Protectorate of South Arabia was a grouping of States under treaties of protection with Britain in what would become South Yemen. It was ruled by the Harharah dynasty and its capital was Mahjaba. A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations Within its area were the sheikhdoms of Busi, Dhubi, Hadrami, Maflahi, and Mausatta. Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh Hadrami (مشيخة الحضرمي pronounced " Al-Hadharem " (الحضارم was one of the five sheikdoms of Upper Yafa. Muflahi (مفلحي) or the Muflahi Sheikhdom (مشيخة المفلحي al-Muflaḥī}} was a state in the British Aden Protectorate.

Map of the Federation of South Arabia

History

In the 1960s, Upper Yafa did not join the British-sponsored Federation of South Arabia but became a part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under It was 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

Sultans of Upper Yafa

• Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Salih ibn Ahmad - ?-1895
• Kahtan ibn Umar ibn al Husayn - 1895-1904
• Umar ibn Kahtan ibn Umar - 1904-1919
• Salih ibn Umar ibn al Husayn Harharah - 1919-1927
• Umar ibn Salih Harharah - 1927-1948
• Muhammad ibn Salih Harharah - 1948-
• Yasir arafat bin syech Ali harharah - 1976 - now

Postage stamps

Artistamp artist Bruce Grenville has created a set of stamps for the Sultanate of Upper Yafa. An artistamp (a Portmanteau of the words "artist" and "stamp" or artist's stamp refers to a Postage stamp -like artform Bruce Grenville (Born 1950 in New Zealand is a New Zealand Anarchist, film buff and producer of Artistamps.