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Audhali Sultanate
Origins
The Audhali tribe held the Kawr al-Awadhil plateau and the plain below it, north-east of Aden. Its sultans, based at Zara, emerged as an independent local power around 1800, after the authority of the Qasimid State in the south had faded.
Rule and society
The sultanate was a tribal state with little formal administration, its people farming the high plateau and controlling routes from the coast inland. It entered British protection in the late 19th century as part of the Aden Protectorate. In 1959 it was one of the six founding members of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its rulers held posts in the federal government.
Decline and legacy
After the Federation of South Arabia collapsed in 1967, the National Liberation Front took over the territory, abolished the sultanate and incorporated it into South Yemen.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Audhali Sultanate was part of Aden Protectorate1914 CE – 1967 CE
- Audhali Sultanate was part of Federation of Arab Emirates of the South1959 CE – 1962 CE
- Audhali Sultanate was part of Federation of South Arabia1962 CE – 1967 CE
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