Traditional methods of spate irrigation in the former Sultanate of Lahj, Lahj Governorate – Yemen

Lahj, a region of southern Yemen near Aden, is a makhlāf related to Lahj bin Wā’il bin al-Ghūth bin Qatin bin cUrayb bin Zuhayr bin ’Ayman bin al-Humayc bin Himyar bin Saba’ bin Yashjub bin Yacrub bin Qahtān. The region lies in the southeast of Yemen, just north of Aden, through which runs the well-known Wādī Tuban where is located the famous Himyari dam sadd cArāyis, also known as Lahj dam, built at the time of al-Tabābacah. Shaikh Fadl bin cAlī al-cAbdalī founded Mashyakhah al-cAbādil follo...