Kathiri

Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut الكثيري al-Kathīrī
State of the Protectorate of South Arabia
14th century–1967 →
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Capital		Say'un
Government		Sultanate
HRH Sultan		Al Husayn ibn Ali
Historical era		20th century
•	Established	14th century
•	Disestablished	October 1967
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Kathiri (Arabic: الكثيري‎‎ al-Kathīrī, officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut ( Arabic: السلطنة الكثيرية - سيؤن - حضرموت‎‎ al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn - Ḥaḍramawt) was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now part of Yemen and the Dhofar region of Oman.

The Kathiris once ruled much of Hadhramaut but their power was truncated by the rival Qu'aitis in the 19th century. The Kathiris were eventually restricted to a small inland portion of Hadhramaut with their capital at Seiyun (Say'un). The sultanate entered into treaty relations with the British in the late 19th century and became a part of the Aden Protectorate. The Kathiri State declined to join the Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. Al Husayn ibn Ali, Kathiri sultan since 1949, was overthrown in October 1967, and the following month the former sultanate became part of newly independent South Yemen.

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