| Federation of the Emirates of South Arabiaاتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي | |||||||||
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| 1959–1962 | |||||||||
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| Status | Protectorate | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| • Established | 11 February 1959 | ||||||||
| • Disestablished | 4 April 1962 | ||||||||
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The Federation of the Emirates of South Arabia (Arabic: 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. 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. This was joined by the Aden Colony on 18 January 1963.
Founding states
Subsequent members
Notes
- Smitson, Scott. "The Road to Good Intentions: British Nation-building in Aden" (PDF). Center for Complex Operations Case Study No. 10. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
References and further reading
- Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 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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| Former states in South Arabia | |
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| Federation of South Arabia | |
| Protectorate of South Arabia | |
| Independent states | |
Categories:
- Aden Protectorate
- Federation of South Arabia
- Former countries in West Asia
- South Yemen
- 20th-century establishments in the Aden Protectorate
- 1959 establishments in Asia
- 1959 establishments in the British Empire
- States and territories established in 1959
- States and territories disestablished in 1962
- 1962 disestablishments in Asia
- 1962 disestablishments in the British Empire
- Former British protectorates