Al-Busi

Bu`si Sheikdom مشيخة البعسي
State of the Protectorate of South Arabia
← 18th century–1967 →
Map of the Federation of South Arabia
Government		Sheikhdom
Historical era		20th century
•	Established	18th century
•	Disestablished	1967

Al-Bu`si, Busi (Arabic: البعسي‎‎ Bu`sī), or the Bu`si Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة البعسي‎‎ Mashyakhat al-Bu`sī), was a small state in the British Aden Protectorate. Its last sheikh 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.^[1]

History

Al-Bu`si is one of the most obscure of the five sheikhdoms of Upper Yafa. Located in a mountainous area it was part nominally of the Western Aden Protectorate, although no treaty is known. The Al-Bu`si Sheikhdom did not join the Federation of South Arabia, but was nominally part of the Protectorate of South Arabia.^[2] The Sheikh of Bu`si has been recorded as one of the rulers of South Arabian states under British protection attending the second Lahej conference in 1930.^[3]

See also

• Aden Protectorate
• Upper Yafa

References

1. Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000
2. R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975
3. Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society, Volume 18, Issue 2, 1931. Page 299

External links

• Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
• The British-Yemeni Society - Book review: Sultans of Aden by Gordon Waterfield

Coordinates: 13°41′N 44°43′E / 13.683°N 44.717°E