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Fadhli (Arabic: فضلي‎ [Faḍlī]), or the Fadhli Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة الفضلي [Salṭanat al-Faḍlī]), was one of the original "Nine Cantons" that signed protection argreements with Great Britain in the late 19th century and became part of the British Aden Protectorate. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language In International law, a protectorate is a autonomous territory that is "protected" by a stronger state or entity hense the protector which engages to protect The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century It was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959 and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia, in 1963. The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South (اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي was an organization of States within the British Aden Protectorate The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The capital of the Fadhlis was Zinjibar and their sultanate incorporated the surrounding Abyan region. Zinjibar (زنجبار a coastal town in south-central Yemen, the capital of the Abyan Governorate. Abyan (أبين is a governorate of Yemen. The Abyan region was historically part of the Fadhli Sultanate. The last sultan, Hussein Ahmed Saeed bin Freed Alfadhli, of Yrames, Almaar, was deposed and the state was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part of the Republic of Yemen. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

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