Haushabi (Arabic: الحوشبي [al-Ḥawshabī] or Arabic: الحواشب [al-Ḥawāshab]), or the Haushabi Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة الحواشب [Salṭanat al-Ḥawāshab]), 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 Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 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 The state later joined the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South (اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي was an organization of States within the British Aden Protectorate The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under Its capital was Musaymir. Its last sultan, Faisal bin Surur Al Haushabi, was deposed and his state was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area 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