page_title: Dhale
hierarchical_section_title: Dhale
caption_attribution_description: English: Partial view of Dhala in 1937, with the main mosque in the foreground. Atop the hill is the castle where the hereditary Amir of Dhala resided. Dhala, 65 miles north of Aden, lies 4,800 feet (1450 m) above sea level. It was then one of the states of the Aden Protectorate, strategically located near the border of the Protectorate and what was then the Imamate (Kingdom) of Yemen. Dhala was occupied by the Turks during WW I and by the troops of Imam Yahya of Yemen in the mid-1920s. It was recaptured by the British.
context_page_description: Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali and Dhalea and sometimes prefixed with Al or Ad, is the capital town of Dhale Governorate in south-western Yemen. It is located at around 13°41′48″N 44°43′51″E, in the elevation of around 1500 metres.
context_section_description: Dhale or Dhala, also spelled Dali and Dhalea and sometimes prefixed with Al or Ad (Arabic: الضالع‎ Aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), is the capital town of Dhale Governorate in south-western Yemen. It is located at around 13°41′48″N 44°43′51″E, in the elevation of around 1500 metres.
caption: Partial view of Dhala in 1937, with the main mosque in the foreground. Atop the hill is the castle where the hereditary Amir of Dhala resided. Dhala, 65 miles north of Aden, lies 4,800 feet (1450 m) above sea level. It was then one of the states of the Aden Protectorate, strategically located near the border of the Protectorate and what was then the Imamate (Kingdom) of Yemen
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