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- 1937–1959 Western Aden Protectorate
- 1959–1962 Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
- 1962–1967 South Arabian Federation
- former possession of United Kingdom
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• Emirate of Dhala
• Sheikhdom of Upper Aulaqi
• Sultanate of Upper Aulaqi
• Sultanate of Hawshabi
• Sultanate of Lahej
• Sultanate of Lower Aulaqi
• Sultanate of Wahidi Balhaf
• Sultanate of Wahidi Habban
• Sheikhdom of Alawi
• Sheikhdom of Aqrabi
• Sheikhdom of Shaib
• Sheikhdom of Maflahi
• Sheikhdom of Dathina
• other Member States
In 1937 the British possessions in the south of the Arabian Peninsula became restructured. The City of Aden became in this way an individual British crown colony (Aden Colony), and the surrounding hinterland and Hadramaut became the Aden Protectorate. Before that, the area was administered from British India. In the interests of an effective management, the Aden protectorate was divided into the Western Aden Protectorate (capital: Lahej) and the Eastern Aden Protectorate (capital: Mukalla). The Western Aden protectorate became in 1959 the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which was renamed in South Arabian Federation in 1962. Out of the Eastern Aden Protectorate was formed the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963, partly because the member states did not want to join the South Arabian Federation. A special history have the Wahidi-States. They originally belonged to the Western Aden Protectorate and were only briefly part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959. They joined the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963. The resistance against the British was led in both parts of the country by the organizations NFL (aim: independence of South Yemen from United Kingdom and Northern Yemen) and FLOSY (aim: union with the Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen), the Marxist NFL prevailed and the Federation and the Protectorate became united and independent as People's Republic of South Yemen on 30th of November in 1967. The states and their monarchies were abolished in this way and the country became divided into provinces. In a civil war from 1967 to 1970, the FLOSY became militarily defeated and banned.
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Landkarte/Map: Volker Preuß
Landkarte/Map: Volker Preuß
The Western Aden Protectorate had no own flag, but some states within the Protectorate had one.
also: Fadli
Flag of Fadhli,
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Important specifications:
official Language: Arabic
Capital: Shuqrah
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Sultanate of Fadhli emerged in the 17th century under the dynasty Al-Fadli around the city of Shuqrah. The country becomes a British protectorate in 1890 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 29th of November in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Awdhali
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
official Language: Arabic
Capital: Zarah
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Sultanate of Audhali emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Audhali around the city of Lodar. The country becomes a British protectorate in 1890 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. In September 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Yafi, Yāfi as-Suflā
No flag or no flag handed down
Flag of Lower Yafa,
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Important specifications:
official Language: Arabic
Capital: Ja'ar (Dsha'ar)
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Yafa'i tribe formed two sultanates, Lower Yafa (Afifi dynasty) and Upper Yafa (Harhara dynasty) in the 19th century. Lower Yafa was originally divided into five sheikhdoms. They were abolished around 1800. The country becomes a British protectorate in 1895 and part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of South Arab Emirates in 1959, part of the South Arab Federation in 1962. In September 1967 the monarchy was overthrown and the country dissolved.
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also: Bayhan
Flag of Beihan,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Baihan al-Kisab
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Emirate of Beihan emerged in the 17th century under the dynasty Al-Hashimi around the city of Beihan. The country became a British protectorate presumably towards the end of the 19th century and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 28th of August in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Dali
Flag of Dhala,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Dhala
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Emirate of Dhala emerged in the 15th century under the dynasty Al-Amiri around the city of Dhala. The country became a British protectorate in 1904 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 17th of August in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Awlaqi, al-Mashyakha al-Awlaqiyya al-Ulya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Yeshbum
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Awlaqi around the city of Yeshbum. The country became a British protectorate in 1890 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 28th of August in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Awlaqi, al-Saltana al-Awlaqiyya al-Ulya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Nisab
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Munassar. The country became a British protectorate in 1890 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 29th of November in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Haushabi, Hauschabi, Hawshabi, Haushebi, Musaymir, al-Saltana al-Hawshabiyya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Musaymir
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Hawshabi Sultanate emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Hawshabi around the city Musaymir. The country became a British protectorate in ca. 1895 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 29th of November in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: Lahij, Lahidsch, Lahig, Saltanat Lahj, Saltanat al-Abdali
Flag of Lahej,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Al Houta
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Sultanate of Lahej emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Abdali around the city of Al Houta. The country becomes a British protectorate in 1918 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. In August 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: Awlaqi, Saltanat al-Awālaq al-Suflá
Flag of Lower Aulaqi,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Ahwar
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Lower Aulaqi Sultanate emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Awlaqi around the city of Ahwar. The country becomes a British protectorate in 1890 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 29th of November in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished on 30th of November in 1967.
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also: Wahidi Ba´l Haf
Flag of Wahidi Balhaf,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Balhaf
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century four states were formed under the Dynastie al-Wahidi around the cities of Balhaf, Azzan, Habban and Bir Ali. The Sultanate of Wahidi Azzan was connected to the Sultanate of Wahidi Balhaf in 1881. The Sultanates of Wahidi Balhaf, Wahidi Habban and the Walidom of Wahidi Bir Ali were part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, which they left again in the same year, part of the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963 and became abolished in 1967.
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also: Wahidi Haban
Flag of Wahidi Habban,
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Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Habban
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century four states were formed under the Dynastie al-Wahidi around the cities of Balhaf, Azzan, Habban and Bir Ali. The Sultanate of Wahidi Azzan was connected to the Sultanate of Wahidi Balhaf in 1881. The Sultanates of Wahidi Balhaf, Wahidi Habban and the Walidom of Wahidi Bir Ali were part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, which they left again in the same year, part of the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963 and became abolished in 1967.
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also: al-Mashyakha al-Alawiyya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Al Qasha
Area: ?
Population: ca. 1.500 (1917)
Brief History of the country:
The Alawi Sheikhdom emerged in the 19th century under the dynasty Al-Alawi around the city of Al Qasha. The country became a British protectorate in 1895 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 28th of August in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: Akrabi, al-Mashyakha al-Aqrabiyya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Bir Ahmad
Area: ?
Population: ca. 1.000 (1946)
Brief History of the country:
The Aqrabi Sheikhdom emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Aqrabi around the city of Bir Ahmad. The country became a British protectorate in 1888 and a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. On 28th of August in 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: Shuayb, Mashyakhat Shaib
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: ?
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Shaib Sheikhdom emerged in the 18th century under the dynasty Al-Aqrabi around the city of Bir Ahmad. The country became a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. In June 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: Muflahi, al-Mashyakha al-Maflahiyya
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Ad Dali
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The Maflahi Sheikhdom emerged in the 19th century under the dynasty Al-Sakkaf around the city of Ad Dali. The country became a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. In 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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also: al-Mashyakha al-Dathīnah, Dawlat al-Dathina
No flag or no flag handed down
Important specifications:
Language: Arabic
Capital: Mudiyah
Area: ?
Population: ?
Brief History of the country:
The state of Dathina was a confederation of sheikhdoms, which switched to the presidency of the state in the course of one year. The country became a part of the Aden Protectorate in 1937, part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, part of the South Arabian Federation in 1962. In 1967 the monarchy is overthrown and the country became abolished.
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Wikipedia (DE),
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There were other states in the region belonging to the territory of the Western Aden Protectorate (from 1959 Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, from 1962 South Arabian Federation), but they came at different times under British influence. All in the list were abolished in 1967.
Sheikhdom of Dubi
Sheikhdom of Hadrami
State of Mawsata
Sheikhdom of Upper Yafa Al-Harhara
A special history have the Wahidi-States. They originally belonged to the Western Aden Protectorate and were only briefly part of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959. They joined the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963.
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