Dathina
Appearance
Dathina Sheikhdom مشيخة دثينة | |||||||||
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State of the Federation of South Arabia | |||||||||
18th century–1967 | |||||||||
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Map of the Federation of South Arabia | |||||||||
Capital | Mudiyah | ||||||||
• Type | Sheikhdom | ||||||||
Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||
• Established | 18th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1967 | ||||||||
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Dathina (Arabic: دثينة Dathīnah), the Dathina Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة دثينة Mashyakhat Dathīnah), or sometimes the Dathina Confederation, 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 Mudiyah.[1]
History
[edit]The state was abolished on 14 August 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of Yemen. In 1990 it became part of the Republic of Yemen.
Rulers
[edit]Dathina was ruled for one-year terms by Chairmen of the Council of State who bore the title Na'ib, Ra'is Majlis al-Dawla.[2]
- 1965 - 6? Apr 1966? al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Jabiri
- 1966 - 14 Aug 1967 `Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaya
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000
- ^ States of the Aden Protectorates