Qu'aiti (Arabic: القعيطي [al-Quʿayṭī]), officially the Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Arabic: السلطنة القعيطية في حضرموت) or the Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla (Arabic: السلطنة القعيطية في الشحر و المكلا [al-Salṭanah al-Quʿayṭīyah fī-l Shihr wa al-Mukallā]), 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 Its capital was Al Mukalla and it was divided into six provinces including Al Mukalla, Ash Shihr, Shibam, Du'an, Hawra, and Al Hajr. Al Mukalla (المكلا is the capital city of the Hadramaut coastal region in the southern part of Yemen on the Gulf of Aden. Ash Shihr (الشحر is a coastal town in Hadhramaut, southern Yemen. Shibam (شبام is a town in Hadramawt, Yemen with about 7000 inhabitants Hawra can refer to Hawra (town, a town in Yemen Hawara, an Egyptian archaeological site Houri, women
History
The Qu'aitis, sons of Umar bin Awadh al Qu'aiti, who became a jemadar in the forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad State (now in India), first took the town of Shibam from the rival Kathiris in 1858. Jemadar was a rank used in the British Indian Army, where it was the lowest rank for a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer (VCO Nizam ( Urdu: نظام) a shortened version of Nizam-ul-Mulk ( Urdu: نظامالملک) meaning Administrator of the Realm, was Hyderābād and Berar (హైదరాబాదు حیدر آباد under the Nizams was the largest Princely state in the erstwhile Indian Empire India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Shibam (شبام is a town in Hadramawt, Yemen with about 7000 inhabitants Kathiri (الكثيري) officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (Arabic السلطنة الكثيرية - سيؤن - حضرموت al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common They later conquered Ash Shihr in 1866 and Al Mukalla in 1881, largely replacing the Kathiris to control most of the Hadhramaut coast on the Gulf of Aden. Ash Shihr (الشحر is a coastal town in Hadhramaut, southern Yemen. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Gulf of Aden (خليج عدن transliterated: Khalyj 'Adan Somali: Khaleejka Cadan) is located in the Arabian Sea between They entered into treaty relations with the British in 1888 and created a unified sultanate in 1902 that would become 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. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century
As Great Britain planned for the eventual independence of South Arabia in the 1960s, Qu’aiti declined to join the British-sponsored Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 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. On 17 September 1967, the sultanate was abolished and, in November of that year, Qu’aiti became part of newly independent South Yemen which united with North Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic of Yemen. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec 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
Qu'aiti Sultans
- Awadh I bin Umar Al Quaiti - 1902-1909
- Ghalib I bin Awadh Al Quaiti - 1909-1922
- Umar bin Awadh Al Quaiti - 1922-1936
- Saleh bin Ghalib Al Quaiti, Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla - 1936-1956
- Awadh II bin Saleh Al Quaiti - 1956-1966
- Ghalib II bin Awadh bin Saleh Al Quaiti - 10 October 1966 - 17 September 1967
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