Hadhrami Kathiri Dynasty in Seiyun ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْكَثِيْرِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة فِي سَيْؤُوْن ٱلْكَثِيْرِي al-Kathīrī | |||||||||||||
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State of the Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia | |||||||||||||
1395–1967 | |||||||||||||
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Map of the Protectorate of South Arabia 1965 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Say'un | ||||||||||||
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• Coordinates | 17°10′N 50°15′E / 17.167°N 50.250°E | ||||||||||||
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• 1952 | 60,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
• Type | Sultanate | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages to Cold War | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1395 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 30 November 1967 | ||||||||||||
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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.