"تقرير عن القبائل العربية المجاورة لعدن" [ظ‎‎١‎٨‎٣] (٤٠٤/٣٧٣)

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APPENDIX E.
Chiefs and other individuals of importance in the
Aden Hinterland having relations with the
Aden Residency (1907).
(/) Abdalla ha I mad (Matarafi-Subehi).
A petty Shaikh of the Matarafi section of the Subehi tribe. Aged
about 50 years. He resides at a village called Mulchia in Wadi Dar
near Jabal Khubati on the Turkish border. He has some influence
over his clan which consists of nomads. He visited Aden for the
second time during 1906.
[2) Abdul Karim bin,Fadthl (’Abdali).
Eldest son of the late’Abdali Sultan Fadthl bin ’AH. He is fairly
well educated in Arabic. He knows no English. Aged about 21
years. He and his brothers have some private lands of their own in
’Abdali territory.
(j) Abdulla bin Mohsin, the Afifi [Lower Yafa'i).
Sultdn of the Lower Yafai tribe. Aged about 30 years. He
succeeded his nephew Sultan Bubakr bin Sef in January 1899. He
is a stipendiary and draws a stipend of dollars 610 a year. His
relations with the Residency have not been satisfactory during past
few years since he last visited Aden in June 1902 and took offence at
restrictions imposed upon the members of his following. He is said
to be unpopular with his relatives and others of his tribe who do not
approve of his present attitude of sullen indifference towards the
Residency. He is also said to be somewhat weak in intellect.
[4) Abdulla Husen [Fadthli).
Son of Husen Ahmed the Sultdn of the Fadthlf tribe. Aged 23
years. Nothing much is known of him.
(5) Abdul Majid Fadthl {’Abdali).
Younger brother of Sir Ahmed Fadthl the Sultan of the \AbdaH
tribe. Aged 45 years. He commands the ’Abdalf forces on import
ant occasions and takes a general share in the administration of the
State, and is to some extent consulted by the Sultan in matters of
importance. He is said to be a candidate for the Sultdnate upon the
death of the present ruler of the ’Abdalf.
(6) Abdur Rahman bin Kasim, Shaikh [Upper Yafai).
Chief of the important clan of the Muflahf. A well-wisher of ours
and friend to Sultdn Kahtan in whose rehabilitation he has busied
himself much. Lives at A 1 Jurba. A stipendiary.