Qu'aiti
Qu'aiti, or the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla, was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Its capital was Mukalla, and it was divided into six provinces including Al-Mukalla, Ash-Shihr, Shibam, Du'an, the Western Province and Hajr. Apart from Al-Mukalla, Ash-Shihr and Shibam were the Sultanate's major cities.
Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة ٱلْقُعَيْطِي al-Quʿaytī | |||||||||
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| 1858–1967 | |||||||||
Map of the Qu'aiti State and the Protectorate of South Arabia | |||||||||
| Status | 1858–1888: Independent state 1888–1963: Part of the Aden Protectorate 1963–1967: Part of the Protectorate of South Arabia | ||||||||
| Capital | Ash-Shihr (until 1915) Mukalla (from 1915) | ||||||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||||||
| HH Sultan | |||||||||
| Historical era | 19th and 20th centuries | ||||||||
• Established | 1858 | ||||||||
| 1888 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 30 November 1967 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||
The Sultanate spanned the Indian Ocean coast up to the border of Mahra, encompassed Shabwa, the central valleys and oasis settlements of Hadhramaut, and controlled the southern Empty Quarter.
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