Emirate of Dhala

Emirate of Dhala
إمارة الضالع

15th century–1967

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Capital

Dhala

Government

Monarchy

History

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Established

15th century

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Disestablished

1967

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Dhala or Dhali` (Arabic: الضالع‎‎ aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), Amiri (Arabic: الأميري‎‎ al-Amīrī), or the Emirate of Dhala (Arabic: إمارة الضالع‎‎ Imārat aḍ-Ḍāliʿ) was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Dhala (Ad Dali').

Previously Dhala' was under the suzerainty of the Zaidi imams of Yemen, the emirs of Dhala, of the Amiri dynasty. In 1904 it became a British protectorate, eventually joining of the Aden Protectorate.

The Emirate was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, and the Federation of South Arabia in 1963.