Kathiri Sultanate
Sign in to saveKathiri, 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.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Kathiri State of Seiyun
- Former country.common_name
- Kathiri
- Former country.era
- Middle Ages to Cold War
- Former country.government_type
- Sultanate
- Former country.year_start
- 1395
- Former country.year_end
- 1967
- Former country.p1
- Rasulid dynasty
- Former country.s1
- Quaiti Sultanate
- Former country.flag_s1
- Flag of the Qu'aiti Sultanate from 1939 until 1967.svg
- Former country.s2
- South Yemen
- Former country.flag_s2
- Flag of South Yemen.svg
- Former country.image_flag
- Kathiri flag.svg
- Former country.image_coat
- Emblem of the Kathiri State.svg
- Former country.symbol_type
- Coat of Arms
- Former country.image_map
- Map of Yemen and South Arabia (1914).png
- Former country.map_width
- 250px
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Map of South Arabia in 1914
- Former country.capital
- Seiyun
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Social Stratification
- Lower Social Strata and Labor Groups
- Religion
- Language
- List of sultans
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
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.
Throughout its history, the Kathiri state ruled a large area of Hadhramaut, but it lost much of its power in the 19th century in favor of its rival, the Qu'aiti, and lost its eastern regions to the Omani Empire and the Mahra Sultanate, eventually limiting the authority of the Kathiri state to northern Hadhramaut.