Aden Protectorate

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British protectorate former political entity

The Aden Protectorate was a British-controlled group of tribal states in southern Arabia that surrounded the port of Aden and served as a strategic buffer and hinterland for the Colony of Aden.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Aden Protectorate canonical	30
Eastern Aden Protectorate	9
Protectorate of South Arabia	6
Aden Protectorate states	3
British Aden Protectorate	2
Aden Protectorate (in certain matters)	1
Aden Protectorate (regional context)	1
Aden Protectorate treaties network	1
Aden State	1
British Protectorate of Aden	1
Protectorate of South Arabia states system	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British protectorate ⓘ former political entity ⓘ
administeredBy	British colonial administration in Aden ⓘ surface form: British Resident in Aden
administeredFrom	Aden ⓘ
borderedBy	Oman ⓘ Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen ⓘ surface form: Yemen (Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen)
consistedOf	British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ⓘ surface form: Western Aden Protectorate
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
defenceControlledBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	creation of Protectorate of South Arabia in 1963 ⓘ formation of Federation of South Arabia in 1962 ⓘ
endDate	1963 ⓘ
followed	British occupation of Aden (1839) ⓘ
foreignRelationsControlledBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
hadCapital	Aden ⓘ
hadLanguage	Arabic (predominant) ⓘ
hadReligion	Islam (predominant) ⓘ
hadStatusChange	divided into Eastern and Western Aden Protectorates in 1937 ⓘ non-treaty areas gradually brought under British influence in early 20th century ⓘ
included	Federation of Arab Emirates of the South ⓘ surface form: Alawi Sheikhdom Federation of Arab Emirates of the South ⓘ surface form: Aqrabi Sheikhdom Audhali Sultanate ⓘ Beihan ⓘ Dhala ⓘ Fadhli Sultanate ⓘ Kathiri State of Seiyun ⓘ surface form: Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut Lower Aulaqi Sultanate ⓘ Mahra Governorate ⓘ surface form: Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut ⓘ Lahej Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Lahej Upper Aulaqi Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom Wahidi Sultanates ⓘ Yafa Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Yafa' Sultanates Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms ⓘ
legalStatus	British protectorate under treaty relationships ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Southern Arabia ⓘ surface form: southern Arabia
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
protected	tribal states surrounding Aden ⓘ
replacedBy	Federation of South Arabia ⓘ Federation of Arab Emirates of the South ⓘ surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia
servedAs	hinterland for the Colony of Aden ⓘ strategic buffer for the Colony of Aden ⓘ
startDate	1886 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of approaches to Gulf of Aden ⓘ protection of sea route to India via Red Sea ⓘ
surrounded	Colony of Aden ⓘ
territoryNowIn	Yemen ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Colony of Aden → relatedTo → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden → wasPartOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden State

Crater → wasPartOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden Emergency → location → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → borderedBy → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → relatedTo → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Aden shilling → usedIn → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Sheikh Othman → formerColonialEntity → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Aden Protectorate

Steamer Point → associatedWith → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate (regional context)

Federation of South Arabia → hasPart → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Port of Aden → wasUnderControlOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen → precededBy → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Hadhramaut → wasPartOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Aden Protectorate

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen → borderedBy → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden Protectorate Levies → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden Protectorate Levies → theatre → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden Protectorate Levies → recruitmentArea → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate states

Federal Regular Army → operatedIn → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Radfan Campaign → theaterOfOperations → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Aden rupee → region → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Government of Aden → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Government of Aden → hasJurisdictionOver → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate (in certain matters)

British colonial administration in Aden → administeredTerritory → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South → precededBy → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South → historicalRegion → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Wahidi → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Upper Aulaqi Sultanate → locatedIn → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Upper Aulaqi Sultanate → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

Dhala → locatedInFormerEntity → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Lower Aulaqi Sultanate → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

Lower Aulaqi Sultanate → locatedInSubregion → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Lower Aulaqi Sultanate → category → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate states

Fadhli Sultanate → locatedIn → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Fadhli Sultanate → historicalRegion → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Fadhli Sultanate → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia states system

Fadhli Sultanate → includedIn → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate treaties network

Fadhli Sultanate → category → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aden Protectorate states

Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms → country → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

Yafa' Upper and Lower Sheikhdoms → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Lahej Sultanate → partOf → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

Audhali Sultanate → historicalRegion → Aden Protectorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Aden Protectorate

Audhali Sultanate → associatedWith → Aden Protectorate ⓘ