Lahij

Lahij or Lahej (Arabic: لحج ) is a ceety an an aurie locatit atween Ta'izz an Aden in Yemen. Frae the 18t tae the 20t century, its rulers were o the Al-Abdali family who wi Al-Sallami, Al-Ramada, Al-Sindi an al-Aqrabi, claims relation tae Ahl al-Bayt (the family o Muhammad). Lahij wis the caipital ceety o Sultanate of Lahej, a protectorate o the Breetish Empire till 1967, when the sultan wis expelled an the ceety became a pairt o Sooth Yemen.

Category:Populatit places in Lahij Govrenorate