Map of the Federation of South Arabia showing Subeihi within Lahej

Subeihi or Subayhi (Arabic: الصبيحي‎ aṣ-Ṣubayḥī), or the Subeihi Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة الصبيحي Salṭanat aṣ-Ṣubayḥī or Arabic: سلطنة الصبيحة Salṭanat aṣ-Ṣubayḥah), was a state in the western Aden Protectorate. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century It was one of the original "Nine Cantons" that signed protection argreements with Great Britain in the late 19th century. 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 It later came under the sway of the Sultanate of Lahej and is now part of the Republic of Yemen. The Sultanate of Lahej or Lahij (Arabic سلطنة لحج Laḥij}} or sometimes the Abdali Sultanate (Arabic سلطنة العب دلي al-ʿAbdalī}} A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya