South Arab Federation
The South Arab Federation ( Arabic اتحاد الجنوب العربي, DMG Ittiḥād al-Ǧanūb al-ʿArabiyya ) existed between 1962 and 1967 as an organization of states under British protection . The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen developed from it .
development
It was formed on April 4, 1962 from the 15 protectorate states of the Federation of the United Arab Emirates of the South and united with the British colony of Aden on January 18, 1963 . June 1964 the Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was added, making the federation 17 states. In 1966, the Federation sent its own team to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston , Jamaica . The federation was abolished when it gained independence from Great Britain on November 30, 1967, together with the Protectorate of South Arabia as the People's Republic of South Yemen .
States of the Federation
- Aden Colony
- Sheikdom Alawi
- Sheikdom Aqrabi
- Audhali
- Emirate of Beihan
- Dathina
- Emirate of Dhala
- Sultanate of Fadhli
- House chabi
- Sultanate of Lahij
- Lower Aulaqi Sultanate
- Lower Yafi Sultanate
- Maflahi
- Shaib
- Upper Aulaqi Sheikdom
- Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
- Wahidi Balhaf
Political leadership of the Federation
High Commissioners ( High Commissioner )
- Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston (January 18, 1963 - July 17, 1963)
- Sir Gerald Kennedy Nicholas Trevaskis (July 17, 1963 - December 21, 1964)
- Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (December 21, 1964 - May 22, 1967)
- Sir Humphrey Trevelyan (May 22, 1967 - November 30, 1967)
Prime Minister ( Chief Minister )
- Hassan Ali Bayumi (January 18, 1963 - June 24, 1963)
- Zayn Abdu Baharun (July 9, 1963 - January 23, 1965)
- Abdul-Qawi Hassan Makkawi (March 7, 1965 - September 25, 1965)
- Ali Musa al-Babakr (September 25, 1965 - August 30, 1966)
- Salih al-Awadli (August 30, 1966 - November 30, 1967)
Postage stamps and currency
The Federation issued its own postage stamps between 1963 and 1966, most of which corresponded to those used in the rest of the Commonwealth.
The currency was the South Arabian dinar , divided into 1000 fils .
See also
literature
- Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- RJ Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967 . London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975.
- Tom Little. South Arabia: Arena of Conflict . London: Pall Mall Press, 1968.
- Spencer Mawby: British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates 1955-67: Last Outpost of a Middle East Empire
