__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 become

South Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...

. The Federation of six states was inaugurated in the British Colony of Aden on 11 February 1959, and the Federation and Britain signed a “Treaty of Friendship and Protection,” which detailed plans for British financial and military assistance. It subsequently added nine states and, on 4 April 1962, became known as 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 ...

. This was joined by the Aden Colony on 18 January 1963.

Founding states

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Subsequent members

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Notes

References and further reading

* Paul Dresch. ''A History of Modern Yemen''. Cambridge, UK:

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, 2000. * R.J. Gavin. ''Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967''. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975. * Tom Little. ''South Arabia: Arena of Conflict''. London: Pall Mall Press, 1968.

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