• Country/entity

  Yemen
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  al-Qa'alah and Shubayqa Reconciliation Agreement

• Date

  2 Aug 2014

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Yemeni Civil Wars (1994) (2011 - ) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Inter-group

• Peace process

  Yemen Inter-group Agreements

• Parties

  al-Qaalah and Shubayqa
  [9 signatories, including finger prints]

• Third parties

  Al-Sayyid Ahmed Bihay al-Din Salih al-Sarwari

• Description

  Agreement between the al-Qaalah and Shubayqa tribes in Yemen, mediated by a local sayyid [descendant of the prophet Muhammad]. Agreement provides for a three year truce from the day of signature. Details of agreement are missing due to translation and illegibility of original document. Please refer to original.

• Agreement document

  YE_140829_Al-Qa'alah and Shubayqa_EN.pdf | Download PDF

• Agreement document (original language)

  YE_140829_Al-Qa'alah and Shubayqa_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  

• Rationale

  As part of a process involving the other agreement between the al-Qa'alah and al-Aghbarah tribes, this agreement appears to mostly involve a similar practice. While there are some translation issues, elders of the tribes involved appear to be responsible for implementation, in regard to violation, and are present at the signing. Similarly to the other agreement, this is part of the typical local practice where signing parties themselves lead and shape agreements, based on a tradition of self governance and mutual understandings of confidence building measures. This agreement also reflects a locally accepted signing practice in the sense that it is part of a long term agreement set out between the two tribes, and in this sense is part of an ongoing process which may involve later revisions or other truces/agreements. This agreement is to last three years.

• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  T

• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The wider peace process is not specifically mentioned in the text. There is also no further research which indicates a clear structural link to the national peace process.

• Name of Locale

  Sabiha (al-Subaiha/Shuaibi), area within the governorate of Lahij

• Nature Of Locale

  Region

• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  13.068251, 44.913642

• Participant type

  Local armed group
  

• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to

  Mediator (references)

  In this agreement there is specific reference to the role of the Sayyid, which is an Arabic title of honour/respect given to people who are culturally accepted as descendants of the prophet Muhammad. It seems implicit in the wording of this agreement that the local Sayyid was mediating or over seeing the agreement/signing. Al-Sayyid Ahmed Bihay al-Din Salih al-Sarwari (Sorouri) is described in the document text and the source attached to it as endeavouring to ensure the agreement.

  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

Local issues

In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate

al-Qa’alah and Shubatqa Reconciliation Agreement

August 2014

Praise be to God, and May His Peace and Blessings be upon the Messenger Mohammed bin Abdullah and upon his family and companions.

Allah says:

‘And say [unto them, O Prophet]:

"Act!

-and then He will make you understand what you have been doing.”’ [

9:105]

In this day, 2/8/2014 a truce was set between the two tribes of Al-Qa’alah and Shubatqa.

Following the good and benevolent efforts of Al-Sayyid Ahmed Bihay al-Din Salih al-Sarwari that led to reparation, a cease fire and security.

The truce is for three years, starting today.

The al-Qa’alah tribe are considered neighbours of Shubatqa, following the […] could not sit with Shubatqa.

This truce is considered as [illegible] which took much efforts to [find] a solution to the dispute.

This was signed before the Sayyid and the Yemeni [illegible].

The elders of the two tribes are obliged to [illegible] whomever that violates this truce.

[9 signatories]

4 words are illegible.

Uncertain.

It can be a document.

Uncertain.

Uncertain