Kathiri

Kathiri (Arabic: ٱلْكَثِيْرِي, romanized: al-Kathīrī), officially the Hadhrami Kathiri Dynasty in Seiyun or the Sultanate of Seiyun (Arabic: ٱلسَّلْطَنَة ٱلْكَثِيْرِيَّة - سَيْؤُوْن, romanized: al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn), was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now part of Yemen and the Dhofari region of Oman.

Hadhrami Kathiri Dynasty in Seiyun
ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْكَثِيْرِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة فِي سَيْؤُوْن
ٱلْكَثِيْرِي al-Kathīrī
State of the Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia
1395–1967
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Coat of Arms

Map of the Protectorate of South Arabia 1965
CapitalSay'un
Area
  Coordinates17°10′N 50°15′E
Population 
 1952
60,000
  TypeSultanate
Historical eraMiddle Ages to Cold War
 Established
1395
 Disestablished
30 November 1967
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Rasulid dynasty
South Yemen
Today part of
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