British Western Aden Protectorate sphere

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British protectorate colonial administrative region

The British Western Aden Protectorate sphere was a British-controlled region in southwestern Arabia that encompassed various protectorate states surrounding the port of Aden during the colonial period.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Aden Protectorate 1
Western Aden Protectorate 1
Western sector of Aden Protectorate 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British protectorate ⓘ
colonial administrative region ⓘ
administeredBy Aden Protectorate Levies ⓘ
surface form: British colonial authorities in Aden
borderedBy Aden Protectorate ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Yemen ⓘ
colonialPower Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedIn 20th century decolonization period ⓘ
economicRole support area for Aden port economy ⓘ
governanceForm indirect rule ⓘ
hasCapital Aden ⓘ
included hinterland around the port of Aden ⓘ
tribal territories ⓘ
various local sultanates ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Southern Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Arabia
militaryRole buffer zone for Aden garrison ⓘ
partOf Aden Protectorate ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus protectorate states under British suzerainty ⓘ
purpose to protect British maritime routes to India ⓘ
to secure the port of Aden ⓘ
regionType British Western Aden Protectorate sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western sector of Aden Protectorate
relatedTo Colony of Aden ⓘ
surface form: Aden Colony

Aden Protectorate ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate
strategicImportance control of approaches to the Red Sea ⓘ
protection of coaling station at Aden ⓘ
successor Federation of South Arabia ⓘ
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of South Yemen
surrounded Aden ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
treatyRelationship treaty-based protectorate agreements with local rulers ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aden Protectorate → consistedOf → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Aden Protectorate
Aden Protectorate → consistedOf → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate
Colony of Aden → partOf → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ
British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → regionType → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western sector of Aden Protectorate