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Guyana officially the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. It is considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo-Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The region known as “the Guianas” consists…

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Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa’i, officially State of Upper Yafa, was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. The Yafa’i tribe has traditionally inhabited the mountainous hinterland of the Aden area. In the 19th century it was formed by two sultanates, Lower and Upper…

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In 1940, the Aden Protectorate was divided for administrative purposes into the Eastern Protectorate and Western Protectorate with its own Political Officer, stationed at Lahej from 1 April 1937 to 1967, for some separation of administration. The Western Protectorate included: Alawi Aqrabi Audhali Beihan Dathina Dhala Qutaibi Dependence of Dhala…

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The Mahra Sultanate, known in its later years as the Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra was a sultanate that included the historical region of Mahra and the Guardafui Channel island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen. It was…

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The Kathiris once ruled much of Hadhramaut, but their power was truncated by the rival Qu’aitis in the 19th and 20th centuries, losing Al-Mukalla in the late 19th century process. The Kathiris were eventually restricted to a small inland portion of Hadhramaut with their capital at Seiyun (Say’un). The sultanate…

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In 1940, the Aden Protectorate was divided for administrative purposes into the Western Protectorate and the Eastern Protectorate with its own Political Officer, a British advisor, stationed at Mukalla in Qu’aiti from 1937 to 1967. The Eastern Protectorate came to include the following entities (mostly in Hadhramaut): Kathiri Mahra Qu’aiti Wahidi Balhaf Wahidi…

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The Protectorate of South Arabia consisted of various states located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula under treaties of protection with Britain. The area of the former protectorate became part of South Yemen after the Radfan uprising and is now part of the Republic of Yemen. The background…

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The Democratic Republic of Yemen was declared in May 1994. It covered all of the former South Yemen. The DRY, with its capital in Aden, was led by President Ali Salim al-Beidh and Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas and represented a response to the weakening position of the South…

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The Yemen Arab Republic, also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at Sanaʽa. It united with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (commonly known as South Yemen), on May 22,…

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