- Kathiri
Kathiri ( _ar. الكثيري [IPA|al-Kathīrī] ), officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (Arabic: السلطنة الكثيرية - سيؤن - حضرموت [IPA|al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn - Ḥaḍramawt] ) was a
sultan ate in theHadhramaut region of the southernArabian Peninsula , in what is nowYemen .The Kathiris once ruled much of Hadhramaut but their power was truncated by the rival
Qu'aiti s in the 19th century. The Kathiris were eventually restricted to a small inland portion of Hadhramaut with theircapital at Seiyun (Say'un). The sultanate entered into treaty relations with the British in the late 19th century and became a part of theAden Protectorate . The Kathiri State declined to join theFederation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of theProtectorate of South Arabia . Al Husayn ibn Ali, Kathiri sultan since 1949 was overthrown in October 1967 and, the following month, the former sultanate became part of newly independentSouth Yemen which united withNorth Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic ofYemen .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...........................1949-1967External links
* [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ye_kathi.html Flag of Kathiri State]
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