Federation of South Arabia

Federation of South Arabia اتحاد الجنوب العربي
1962–1967
Flag Emblem
Status	British protectorate
Capital	Al Ittihad
Common languages	Arabic English South Arabian
High Commissioner
• 1963	Sir Charles Johnston
• 1963–1964	Sir Kennedy Trevaskis
• 1964–1967	Sir Richard Turnbull
• 1967	Sir Humphrey Trevelyan
Chief Minister
• 1963	Hassan Ali Bayumi
• 1963–1965	Zayn Abdu Baharun
• 1965	Abdul-Qawi Hassan Makkawi
• 1965–1966	Ali Musa al-Babakr
• 1966–1967	Salih al-Awadli
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	4 April 1962
• Independence	30 November 1967
Currency	South Arabian dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Colony of Aden Federation of Arab Emirates of the South Upper Aulaqi Sultanate South Yemen

Map of the Federation and the Protectorate of South Arabia.

Military event held in the Fadhli Sultanate to celebrate the new Federation

The Federation of South Arabia (Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي‎ Ittiḥād al-Janūb al-‘Arabī) was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Al Attihad.^[1]

It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South. The State of Aden, formerly Aden Colony, joined the Federation on 18 January 1963. In June 1964, the Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was added for a total of 17 states. A team was sent to the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. The Federation was abolished on 30 November 1967, when its status as a British protectorate came to an end, along with that of the Protectorate of South Arabia, and they became the People's Republic of Southern Yemen.

States[]

• Aden
• Alawi
• Aqrabi
• Audhali
• Beihan
• Dathina
• Dhala
• Fadhli
• Haushabi
• Lahej
• Lower Aulaqi
• Lower Yafa
• Maflahi
• Shaib
• Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
• Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
• Wahidi Balhaf

Leaders[]

Chief Ministers[]

• (18 January 1963 – 24 June 1963)
• (9 July 1963 – 23 January 1965)
• (7 March 1965 – 25 September 1965)
• (25 September 1965 – 30 August 1966)
• (30 August 1966 – 30 November 1967)

High Commissioners[]

• Sir Charles Johnston (18 January 1963 – 17 July 1963)
• Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (17 July 1963 – 21 December 1964)
• Sir Richard Turnbull (21 December 1964 – 22 May 1967)
• Sir Humphrey Trevelyan (22 May 1967 – 30 November 1967)

Postage stamps[]

Two values of the 1965 definitives used at Aden

The Federation issued its own Adeni postage stamps from 1963 to 1966. Most of its issues were part of the omnibus issues common to all the Commonwealth territories, but it did issue its own definitive stamps on 1 April 1965. The set of 14 included 10 values, from 5 to 75 fils, each depicting the arms of the Federation in a single color, while the top four values (100 fils, 250 fils, 500 fils, and 1 dinar), featured the flag of the Federation.

The stamps referred to above are those listed in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalog. A number of other stamps have also been issued and are listed in Stanley Gibbons and other widely used stamp catalogs. It is possible, or even likely, that some of the stamps of South Arabia were not issued primarily for postal use.

See also[]

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 188

References[]

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.

External links[]

Media related to Federation of South Arabia at Wikimedia Commons

• South Arabia and Yemen, 1945-1995

Coordinates: 15°19′48″N 48°04′34″E / 15.330°N 48.076°E / 15.330; 48.076