Upper Yafa

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Upper Yafa was a sheikhdom in the mountainous Yafa region of southern Arabia that later became part of the British-backed protectorate structures preceding modern South Yemen.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Yafa canonical 3
Lower Yafa 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
sheikhdom
country People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: South Yemen
followedBy People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: South Yemen
hasGovernmentForm sheikhdom
hasHistoricalConnectionWith British Empire
Federation of South Arabia
surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: modern South Yemen
hasNameInArabic Yafa al-ʿUlyā
hasNameInEnglish Upper Yafa self-link
hasPoliticalSystem tribal sheikhdom
hasRulingTitle sheikh
historicalEra 20th century
late 19th century
historicalRegion Southern Arabia
surface form: South Arabia
locatedIn Razih region
surface form: Yafa region

Southern Arabia
surface form: southern Arabia
locatedInMountainRange Yafa mountains
locatedInPresentDay Yemen
locatedOn Arabian Peninsula
partOf British protectorate structures in South Arabia
British Western Aden Protectorate sphere
surface form: British sphere of influence in Arabia

Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla
surface form: South Arabian protectorates

Yafa
predecessor entities of South Yemen
protectorate system in South Arabia
traditional Yafa tribal territory
region southern Arabian Peninsula
regionType mountainous region
sovereigntyTransferredTo People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: South Yemen
status defunct political entity
historical state

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South memberState Upper Yafa
this entity surface form: Lower Yafa
Upper Yafa hasNameInEnglish Upper Yafa self-link