A sheikhdom or sheikdom (Arabic: مشيخة, romanized: Mashyakhah) is a geographical area or a society ruled by a tribal leader known as a sheikh (Arabic:...

The Alawi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة العلوي Mashyakhat al-‘Alawī), or Alawi (Arabic: علوي ‘Alawī) — was a Sheikhdom located in the Aden region of southwestern...

The Sheikhdom of Kuwait (Arabic: مشيخة الكويت, romanized: Mashīkhat al-Kuwayt) was a sheikhdom during the pre-oil era. The sheikhdom became a British protectorate...

The Sheikhdom of Dir'iyah (Arabic: مشيخة الدرعية), was a polity in central Arabia from 1446 to 1744 and the predecessor to the First Saudi State. Its...

(1768–1913) Awdah Sheikhdom (1700–1790) Jalajil Sheikhdom (1762–1831) Harmah Sheikhdom (1700–1779) Al Majma'ah Sheikhdom (1758–1908) Shaqra Sheikhdom (1803–1834)...

The Sangage Sheikhdom was a coastal African sheikhdom (Portuguese: xeicado) in modern-day Mozambique, established in the mid-1600s and lasting until 1913...

(Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa),...

January 1950) (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد الجابر الصباح) was the tenth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 29 March 1921 until his death on 29 January 1950. He was...

1820–1967 Map of the Federation of South Arabia Capital Al-Shibr  • Type Sheikhdom Historical era 20th century • Established 1820 • Disestablished 1967...

Jaber Al-Sabah (c. 1784 – November 1866) was the fourth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, ruling from 1859 to November 1866. He was the eldest son of...

المبارك الصباح; born 1864 – 23 February 1921) was the ninth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait. The second son of Mubarak I he is the progenitor of the Al-Salim...

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I bin Sabah Al-Sabah (1740 – 3 May 1814) was the second ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, ruling from 10 January 1762 to 3 May 1814. He was the youngest...

The Sheikhdom of al-ʽIrqa (Arabic: مشيخة آل عرقة, romanized: Mashyakhat al-ʽIrqa) was a city-state which was part of the Protectorate of South Arabia...

The Kingdom of Hatra,also called Kingdom of Arabaya and Araba. was a 2nd-century Arab kingdom located between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire...

Khalifa Al Nahyan ('Zayed the Great') that Khor Al Adaid belonged to his sheikhdom. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the pearling industry thrived...

rulers of Saudi Arabia, a kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula. 1446–1727 Sheikhdom of Diriyah 1727-1818 Emirate of Diriyah 1823-1891 Emirate of Nejd 1902...

Dathina (Arabic: دثينة Dathīnah), the Dathina Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة دثينة Mashyakhat Dathīnah), or sometimes the Dathina Confederation, was a state...

until 1958. A clan of the Yafa tribe. The Yafai are divided into ten sheikhdoms that were spread across the former sultanates of Lower Yafa and Upper...

13°49′03″N 47°34′42″E / 13.817366°N 47.578196°E / 13.817366; 47.578196 The Sheikhdom of al-Hawra (Arabic: المشيخة (من) الحوراء, romanized: al-Mashyakhat (min)...

صباح بن جابر الصباح الأول) (c. 1700–1762) was the first ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait. He was chosen by his community for the position of sheikh....

of the peninsula" (Arabic: أسد الجزيرة), was the seventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, from 18 May 1896 until his death on 18 November 1915. Mubarak...

The Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة العوالق العليا Mashyakhat al-‘Awālaq al-‘Ulyā) was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation...

Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, CSI (1860 – 5 February 1917), was the eighth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from the Al-Sabah dynasty. He was the eldest son of Mubarak...

Qutaibi (Arabic: قطيبي Quṭaybī) or the Qutaibi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة القطيبي Mashyakhat al-Quṭaybī) was a polity in the western Aden Protectorate,...

from Siniyah Island due to scarce water and established an independent Sheikhdom in Umm Al Quwain. Umm Al Quwain is now ruled by Sheikh Saud bin Rashid...

‘Aqrabi (Arabic: عقربي ‘Aqrabī), or the Aqrabi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة العقربي Mashyakhat al-‘Aqrabī), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate,...

because they feared for their future from the sheikhdoms. On the other hand, the leaders of the sheikhdoms feared that they would be overthrown later or...

17 May 1896) also known as Noor Al Sabah, was the sixth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait between May 1892 and May 1896 during which he held the title...

of 1899 was a secret treaty signed between the British Empire and the Sheikhdom of Kuwait on 23 January 1899. Under its provisions Britain pledged to...