Timeline of Aden

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aden, Yemen.

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Prior to 19th century

19th century

20th century

1900s-1950s

1960s-1990s

21st century

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Yemen</span>

The history of Yemen describes the cultures, events, and peoples of what is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population, a feature recognized by the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy, who described Yemen as Eudaimon Arabia meaning "fortunate Arabia" or "Happy Arabia". Yemenis had developed the South Arabian alphabet by the 12th to 8th centuries BC, which explains why most historians date all of the ancient Yemeni kingdoms to that era.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aden</span> Port city and temporary capital of Yemen

Aden is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km east of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and north of the Gulf of Aden. With its strategic location on the coastline, Aden serves as a gateway between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, making it a crucial maritime hub connecting Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. As of 2023, Aden City has a population of approximately 1,080,000 residents, making it one of the largest cities in Yemen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hadhramaut</span> Region in southern Arabia

Hadhramaut is a geographic region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saudi Arabia. The name is of ancient origin, and is retained in the name of the Yemeni Governorate of Hadhramaut. The people of Hadhramaut are called Hadarem. They formerly spoke Hadramautic, an old South Arabian language, but they now predominantly speak Hadhrami Arabic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mokha</span> City in Taiz Governorate, Yemen

Mokha, also spelled Mocha, or Mukha, is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Until Aden and al Hudaydah eclipsed it in the 19th century, Mokha was the principal port for Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Long known for its coffee trade, the city gave its name to Mocha coffee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rasulid dynasty</span> Yemeni Muslim Dynasty

The Rasulids were a Sunni Muslim dynasty who ruled Yemen from 1229 to 1454.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kathiri</span> 1395–1967 sultanate in modern day Yemen

Kathiri, officially the Hadhrami Kathiri Dynasty in Seiyun or the Sultanate of Seiyun, was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now part of Yemen and the Dhofari region of Oman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aden Protectorate</span> Former British protectorate in southern Arabia

The Aden Protectorate was a British protectorate in southern Arabia. The protectorate evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut after the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British India in January 1839, and which continued until the 1960s. In 1940, it was divided for administrative purposes into the Western Protectorate and the Eastern Protectorate. The territory now forms part of the Republic of Yemen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aden Colony</span> 1937–1963 British colony in southwest Arabia

Aden Colony, also the Colony of Aden, located in the south of contemporary Yemen, was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963. It consisted of the port of Aden and its immediate surroundings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sultanate of Lahej</span> 1728–1967 sheikhdom in southwest Arabia

Lahej, the Sultanate of Lahej, or, sometimes, the Abdali Sultanate, was a Sheikdom based in Lahij in Southern Arabia. The Sultanate became self-ruling in 1728 and gained independence in 1740. In 1839, the Sultanate became part of the Aden Protectorate of the British Empire, though nominally the 'Abdali Sultan retained his status. The Aden Protectorate was briefly ruled again by the Ottomans during World War I, but regained by the British after the Ottoman defeat in World War I and absorbed into Federation of South Arabia in 1963. The 'Abdali dynasty was officially abolished in 1967, with the proclamation of South Yemen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lower Yafa</span> Former state

Lower Yafa, Lower Yafa'i, or the Sultanate of Lower Yafa, was a sultanate in the British Aden Protectorate ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty. Its capital was at Jaar. Lower Yafa was one part of Yafa'a, the other part being Upper Yafa. It is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fadhli Sultanate</span>

Fadhli, or the Fadhli Sultanate, was an independent sultanate on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula from the 17th century until 1967.

Al-Mansur al-Husayn II was an Imam of Yemen who ruled in 1727–1748. He belonged to the Qasimid family which claimed descent from Muhammad, who dominated the Zaidi imamate of Yemen in 1597–1962.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yemen Eyalet</span> Ottoman province in Arabia (1517–1636, 1849–1872)

The Yemen Eyalet was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. Although formally an integral part of the empire, the far-flung province was notoriously difficult to administer, and was often lawless. During the early 17th century, the Eyalet was entirely lost to the Yemeni Zaidi State, only to be recovered by the Ottomans two centuries later. The Yemen Eyalet was reorganized in 1849, upon Ottoman takeover of much of Greater Yemen territories. In 1872, most of it became Yemen Vilayet after a land reform in the empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aden Expedition</span> British capture of Aden

The Aden Expedition was a naval operation that the British Royal Navy carried out in January 1839. Following Britain's decision to acquire the Port of Aden as a coaling station for the steamers sailing the new Suez-Bombay route, the Sultan of Lahej, who owned Aden, resisted, which led to a series of skirmishes between the two sides. In response to the incidents, a small force of warships and soldiers of the East India Company were sent to Arabia. The expedition succeeded in defeating the Arab defenders, who held the fortress on Sira Island, and occupied the nearby port of Aden.

Al-Malik al-Aziz Sayf al-Islam Tughtakin Ahmad ibn Ayyub was the second Ayyubid emir (prince) of Yemen and Arabia between 1182 and 1197.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Al-Busi</span>

Al-Bu`si, Busi, Bo'sī,, or the Bu`si Sheikhdom, was a small state in the British Aden Protectorate. It was one of the states of Upper Yafa.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Muscat, Oman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qasimid State</span> 1597–1849 state in southwest Arabia

The Qasimid State, also known as the Zaidi Imamate, was a Zaidi-ruled independent state in the Greater Yemen region, which was founded by al-Mansur al-Qasim in 1597 and absorbed much of the Ottoman Yemen Eyalet by 1628 and completely expelled the Ottomans from Yemen by 1638. The Zaidi State continued to exist into 18th and 19th century, but gradually fractured into separate small states. The most notable of those states was the Sultanate of Lahej; most of those states were submitted by the Ottomans and incorporated into the restored Ottoman province of Yemen Eyalet in 1849.

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