The Protectorate of South Arabia (), also known as the Eastern Aden Protectorate, consisted of various states located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula under treaties of protection with Britain. The area of the former protectorate became part of South Yemen after the Aden Emergency and is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
History
The Protectorate of South Arabia was designated on 18 January 1963 as consisting of those areas of the Aden Protectorate that did not join the Federation of South Arabia, and it broadly, but not exactly, corresponded to the division of the Aden Protectorate which was called the Eastern Aden Protectorate.
The protectorate included the Hadhrami states of Kathiri, Mahra, and Qu'aiti except the three Wahidi Sultanates in the Eastern Aden Protectorate, with Upper Yafa in the Western Aden Protectorate. The Protectorate of South Arabia was dissolved on 30 November 1967 and its constituent states quickly collapsed, leading to the abolition of their monarchies. The territory was absorbed into the newly independent People's Republic of South Yemen, which became part of the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
States
Mahra Sultanate Kathiri Sultanate Qu'aiti Sultanate Upper Yafa
Former states of the British Aden Protectorate were united in the 1960s to form the People's Republic of South Yemen, which became independent on 30 November 1967. South Yemen later merged with North Yemen to form the modern state of Yemen in 1990.
List of rulers State Ruler Deposed House Reign Ref(s) Kathiri Husayn ibn Ali 2 October 1967 Al Kathiri Last reigning Sultan (1949–1967) Mahra Abdullah ibn Ashur 16 October 1967 Banu Afrar Last reigning Sultan (1966–1967) Qu'aiti Ghalib II 17 September 1967 Al Qu'aiti Last reigning Sultan (1966–1967) Upper Yafa Muhammad ibn Salih 29 November 1967 Harharah Last reigning Sultan (1948–1967)
See also South Yemen Hadhrami Bedouin Legion
References
External links Official Website of the Al-Quaiti Royal Family of Hadhramaut