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States in the Aden Protectorate

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Sultanate of Lahej
sultanate
Kathiri Sultanate
Kathiri, also known as the Kathiri sultanate (), and officially as the Kathiri State of Seiyun, was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now part of Yemen and the Dhofar Governorate of Oman. It was established in 1379 and ruled Hadhramaut from Dhofar in the east to Sharura in the Empty Quarter in the north and Ain Bamabd in the south.
Fadhli Sultanate
sultanate
Upper Yafa
former country
Lower Yafa
former state
Dathina
Dathina ( '), the Dathina Sheikhdom ( '), or sometimes the Dathina Confederation, was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Mudiyah.
Emirate of Beihan
1680–1967 state in southern Arabia
Audhali
Audhali ( ' or '), or the Audhali Sultanate ( ''''), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. It was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959 and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia, in 1963. Its capital was Zarah.
Haushabi
Haushabi or Hawshabi ( al-Ḥawshabī or al-Ḥawāshab), or the Haushabi Sultanate ( Salṭanat al-Ḥawāshab), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Its capital was Musaymir. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Wahidi Balhaf
wahidi state in the British Aden Protectorate
Emirate of Dhala
former state
Shaib
Shaib or Sha‘ib ( '), or the Sheikhdom of Shaib ( '), was a state in the Aden Protectorate, South Arabia. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Alawi
Aqrabi
‘Aqrabi ( '), or the Aqrabi Sheikhdom ( '), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Bir Ahmad. The state was abolished in 1967 with the independence of the People's Republic of South Yemen. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Lower Aulaqi Sultanate
Maflahi
Muflihi, Muflahi ( '), Muflihi or the Muflahi Sheikhdom ( '), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Its last sheikh, Kassim Abdulrahaman Al-Muflihi, was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.
Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
former country
Wahidi Bir Ali
former country
Wahidi Haban
c. 1640 – 1967 state in modern Yemen
Mawsata
Mawsata, Mausata (), or the Mawsata State ( ''''), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Mawsata was located in the western and southwestern part of Upper Yafa. The main mountain in the area is Jabal Darfan.