Qu'aiti

Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut
Arabic: القعيطي [al-Quʿayṭī]
Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut Arabic: القعيطي [al-Quʿayṭī]
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Capital	Al Mukalla
Official languages	Arabic
Government	Sultanate
• Founder	HRH Sultan Awadh I bin Omer Al Qu'aiti
Establishment
• Sultanate declared	1902
• Sultanate abolished	September 17, 1967

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1965 map of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Qu'aiti (Arabic: القعيطي [al-Quʿayṭī]), officially the Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Arabic: (الدولة القعيطية الحضرمية) or the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla (Arabic:سلطنة الشحر والمكلاا [al-Salṭanah al-Quʿayṭīyah fī-l Shihr wa al-Mukallā]), was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Its capital was Al Mukalla and it was divided into six provinces including Al Mukalla, Ash Shihr, Shibam, Du'an, the Western Province, and Hajr.

Current royal family

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Sultan Ghalib Al-Qu'aiti at his coronation; Al Mukalla, Hadhramaut, 1967

HRH Sultan Ghalib II bin Awadh bin Saleh Al Qu'aiti: born 7th January 1948 in London.^[1] Ruled from 10 October 1966 – 17 September 1967; married Sultana Ahmed Rashid (sister of author Ahmed Rashid), and had issue:

HH Crown Prince Saleh bin Ghalib Al Qu'aiti: born 3rd February 1977 in London, graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Millfield School; married Princess Salwa Al-Huraibi of Yafa'.

HH Princess Fatima bint Ghalib Al Qu'aiti: born 26th July 1979 in London, holds a BA and a MA from the University of Oxford and graduated from Westonbirt School; married HH Prince Shad Al-Sherif Pasha of The Hijaz and Turkey, holds a BA from Wheaton College, University of Oxford and a MA from the University of Chicago.

HH Princess Muzna bint Ghalib Al Qu'aiti: born 28th December 1980 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, holds a MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS and BA from the American University in Cairo; married Hisham Hafez of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Sultan Ghalib holds a MA from University of Oxford in Oriental Studies (Islamic History) and another in Arabian Studies from the University of Cambridge, both with honors. The Sultan graduated from Millfield School. He has been a Saudi resident since 1968, presently residing in Jeddah. He has working knowledge of Arabic, English, Urdu/Hindi, French, Persian, Turkish and German, which supports his research of various historical periods and geographic regions. Ghalib is the author of The Holy Cities, The Pilgrimage and The World of Islam.^[2]

Qu'aiti sultans

HRH Sultan Awadh I bin Omer Al Qu'aiti – Ruled 1902–1909
HRH Sultan Ghalib I bin Awadh Al Qu'aiti – Ruled 1909–1922
HRH Sultan Omer bin Awadh Al Qu'aiti – Ruled 1922–1936 married and had issue:
1. HH Prince Sultan Omer Nawaz Jung al Qu'aiti
2. HH Prince Sultan Saleh al Qu'aiti bin Omer
3. HH Prince Sultan Hussain bin Omer al Qu'aiti
4. HH Prince Sultan Awadh bin Omer al Qu'aiti
5. HH Prince Sultan Ghalib bin Omer al Qu'aiti
HRH Sultan Sir Saleh bin Ghalib Al Qu'aiti, Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla – Ruled 1936–1956, married and had issue:
1. HRH Sultan Awadh II bin Saleh Al Qu'aiti
2. HH Princess Hameedunissa bint Saleh al Qu'aiti
  1. HH Prince Aziz
  2. HH Prince Badr
  3. HH Princess Mumtaz
  4. HH Princess Naaz
  5. HH Princess Tahera
3. HH Princess Sayeedunissa bint Saleh al Qu'aiti; married to Sultan Hussain Bin Omer al Qu'aiti and had issue:
  1. HH Princess Sultana bint Omer al Qu'aiti;
  2. HH Princess Qamer bint Omer al Qu'aiti;
  3. HH Princess Durdana bint Omer al Qu'aiti had issue:
    1. HH Prince Ameer
    2. HH Prince Nasir
  4. HH Princess Massarath bint Omer al Qu'aiti had issue:
    1. HH Princess Shahana
    2. HH Prince Saif
    3. HH Princess Salma
  5. HH Princess Meraj bint Omer al Qu'aiti had issue:
    1. HH Princess Safiya
  6. HH Princess Mukarram bint Omer al Qu'aiti had issue:
    1. HH Princess Rukhsana
HRH Sultan Awadh II bin Saleh al Qu'aiti – Ruled 1956–1966, married (a) Salma, married (b) Fatima, married (c) Princess Sahibzadi Nazirunissa Begum, grand-daughter of the 6th Nizam Mahboob Ali Pasha, daughter of Nazir Nawaz Jung, son of Amir-e-Paigah (Viqar-ul-Umrah) Sultan-ul-Mulk and Princess Shahzadi Saheba Dawoodunisssa Begum, of Hyderabad and also married Amina, and had issue:
1. HRH Sultan Ghalib II bin Awadh al Qu'aiti (see above "Current Royal Family");
2. HH Princess Saleha bint Awadh al Qu'aiti
3. HH Prince Umar bin Awadh al Qu'aiti

History

The Qu'aitis, sons of Umar bin Awadh al Qu'aiti, who became a jemadar in the forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad State (now in India), first took the town of Shibam from the rival Kathiris in 1858. They later conquered Ash Shihr in 1866 and Al Mukalla in 1881, largely replacing the Kathiris to control most of the Hadhramaut coast on the Gulf of Aden. They entered into treaty relations with the British in 1888 and created a unified sultanate in 1902 that would become a part of the Aden Protectorate.

As Great Britain planned for the eventual independence of South Arabia in the 1960s, Qu’aiti declined to join the British-sponsored Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. On 17 September 1967, the sultanate was abolished and, in November of that year, the Qu’aiti State became part of newly independent South Yemen which united with North Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic of Yemen.

Qu'aiti Armed Forces

Qu'aiti state postage stamps

Qu'aiti postage stamps depicting Sultan Ghalib:

Qu'aiti postage stamps depicting Sultan Awadh:

Qu'aiti postage stamps depicting Sultan Saleh:

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1942 postage stamp depicts Sultan Saleh and the city gate of Ash Shihr
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References

^ "The Qu'aiti Sultanate of Hadhramaut". Retrieved Sept. 27, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "The Holy Cities, The Pilgrimage and The World of Islam". Retrieved Sept. 27, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

[1] "The Qu'aiti Sultanate of Hadhramaut". Retrieved Sept. 27, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "The Holy Cities, The Pilgrimage and The World of Islam". Retrieved Sept. 27, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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