Qu'aiti Sultanate
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'''Qu'aiti, officially the Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla''', was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia, in what is now Yemen. The Sultanate spanned the Indian Ocean coast up to the border of Mahra, encompassed the historic city of Shabwa, the central valleys and oasis settlements of Hadhramaut, and controlled the southern Empty Quarter. Its capital was Mukalla, and it was divided into six Banners (provinces), namely Mukalla, ash-Shihr, Shibam, Wadi Doan, the Western Province, and Hijr. Mukalla, ash-Shihr, and Shibam were the Sultanate's major cities.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla
- Former country.common_name
- Qu'aiti
- Former country.era
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Former country.status
- Independent statePart of the Aden ProtectoratePart of the Protectorate of South Arabia
- Former country.government_type
- Sultanate
- Former country.year_start
- 1858
- Former country.year_end
- 1967
- Former country.event1
- British protectorate
- Former country.date_event1
- 1888
- Former country.date_end
- 30 November
- Former country.p1
- Kathiri
- Former country.flag_p1
- Kathiri flag.svg
- Former country.p2
- Kassadi
- Former country.s1
- South Yemen
- Former country.flag_s1
- Flag of South Yemen.svg
- Former country.flag_s2
- Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
- Former country.image_flag
- Flag of the Qu'aiti Sultanate from 1939 until 1967.svg
- Former country.coa_size
- 100px
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Country
- Yemen
- Capital
- Mukalla
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1967-09-17
- Commons category
- Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla
- inception
- 1858-01-01
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Currency
- Military
- Architecture
- National Anthem
- See also
- Annexes
- Qu'aiti State postage stamps
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''Qu'aiti, officially the Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla''', was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia, in what is now Yemen. The Sultanate spanned the Indian Ocean coast up to the border of Mahra, encompassed the historic city of Shabwa, the central valleys and oasis settlements of Hadhramaut, and controlled the southern Empty Quarter. Its capital was Mukalla, and it was divided into six Banners (provinces), namely Mukalla, ash-Shihr, Shibam, Wadi Doan, the Western Province, and Hijr. Mukalla, ash-Shihr, and Shibam were the Sultanate's major cities.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qu'aiti Sultanate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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