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Muhsin ibn Fadl

r. 1827–1847 · 19th century

Muhsin ibn Fadl al-Abdali was sultan of Lahej in southern Arabia from 1827 to 1847. In January 1839 a British East India Company force under Captain Stafford Haines captured Aden from him after disputes over a plundered ship, creating the Aden Settlement. Muhsin later accepted a British stipend, and Lahej became the leading protected state in Aden's hinterland.

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Sultanate of Lahej

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