A postage stamp of 1942 depicts the sultan and the capital city.

Map of the Protectorate of South Arabia

Kathiri (Arabic: الكثيري‎ [al-Kathīrī]), officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (Arabic: السلطنة الكثيرية - سيؤن - حضرموت [al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn - Ḥaḍramawt]) was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Hadhramaut, Hadhramout or Hadramawt (حضرموت) is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

The Kathiris once ruled much of Hadhramaut but their power was truncated by the rival Qu'aitis in the 19th century. Qu'aiti (القعيطي) officially the Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Arabic السلطنة القعيطية في حضرموت or the Qu'aiti State of Shihr and The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The Kathiris were eventually restricted to a small inland portion of Hadhramaut with their capitalat Seiyun (Say'un). Say'un (سيئون also transliterated as Saywun or Seiyun) is a town in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen. The sultanate entered into treaty relations with the British in the late 19th century and became a part of the Aden Protectorate. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century The Kathiri State declined to join the Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under The Protectorate of South Arabia was a grouping of States under treaties of protection with Britain in what would become South Yemen. Al Husayn ibn Ali, Kathiri sultan since 1949 was overthrown in October 1967 and, the following month, the former sultanate became part of newly independent South Yemen which united with North Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic of Yemen. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990 and its predecessor the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

Rulers

• Badr as-Sahab ibn al-Habrali Bu Tuwairik. . . . . . . . . . 1395-1430
• Muhammad ibn 'Ali. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. 1430-c. 1450
• Djaffar ibn 'Abdallah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fl. c. 1493
• Badr ibn 'Abdallah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c. 1516-c. 1565
• Unknown number Sheikhs. . . . . . . . . c. 1565-19th century
• Muhsin ?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fl. 1st half 19th cent.
• Under British protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1848-1967
• Ghalib ibn Muhsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1848-1893
• Mansur ibn Ghalib. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894-1929
• 'Ali ibn al-Mansur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1929-1938
• Djaffar ibn al-Mansur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938-1949
• al-Husayn ibn 'Ali. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1949-1967

External links

• Flag of Kathiri State