Dathina ( '), the Dathina Sheikhdom ( ar, مشيخة دثينة '), or sometimes the Dathina Confederation, was a state in the British

Aden Protectorate The Aden Protectorate ( ar, محمية عدن ') was a British protectorate in South Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut following the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British India ...

, the

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South __NOTOC__ The Federation of the Emirates of the South ( ar, اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي ''Ittiḥād ʾImārāt al-Janūb al-ʿArabiyy'') was an organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would be ...

, and its successor, the

Federation of South Arabia The Federation of South Arabia ( ar, اتحاد الجنوب العربي ') was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Aden. It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of ...

. Its capital was Mudiyah.

History

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 Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

Rulers

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''.States of the Aden Protectorates
/ref> *1965 - 6? Apr 1966? al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Jabiri *1966 - 14 Aug 1967 `Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaya

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Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
States in the Aden Protectorate Federation of South Arabia Former monarchies of Asia Former confederations {{MEast-hist-stub

History

Rulers

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