Qu'aiti

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Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla ٱلدَّوْلَة ٱلْقُعَيْطِيَّة ٱلْحَضْرَمِيَّة
1858–1967
Flag Coat of arms
Map of the Qu'aiti State and the Protectorate of South Arabia
Status	1858–1888: Independent state 1888–1963: Part of the Aden Protectorate 1963–1967: Part of the Protectorate of South Arabia
Capital	Ash-Shihr (until 1915)[1] Mukalla (from 1915)[1]
Government	Sultanate
HH Sultan
Historical era	19th and 20th centuries
• Established	1858
• British protectorate	1888
• Disestablished	30 November 1967
Preceded by Succeeded by Kathiri South Yemen
Today part of	Yemen

Qu'aiti,^{[nb 1]} or the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla,^{[nb 2]} was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Its capital was Mukalla, and it was divided into six provinces, namely Al-Mukalla, Ash-Shihr, Shibam, Du'an, the Western Province and Hajr. Apart from Al-Mukalla, Ash-Shihr and Shibam were the Sultanate's major cities.^[2]

The Sultanate spanned the Indian Ocean coast up to the border of Mahra, encompassed Shabwa, the central valleys and oasis settlements of Hadhramaut, and controlled the southern Empty Quarter.

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