Federation of the Emirates of South Arabia اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي | |||||||||
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| 1959–1962 | |||||||||
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| Status | Protectorate | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | 11 February 1959 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 4 April 1962 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Yemen | ||||||||
TheFederation of the Emirates of South Arabia (Arabic:اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربيIttiḥād ʾImārāt al-Janūb al-ʿArabiyy) was an organization ofstates within theBritishAden Protectorate in what would becomeSouth Yemen. The Federation of six states was inaugurated in the BritishColony of Aden on 11 February 1959, and the Federation and Britain signed a “Treaty of Friendship and Protection,” which detailed plans for British financial and military assistance.[1] It subsequently added nine states and, on 4 April 1962, became known as theFederation of South Arabia. This was joined by theAden Colony on 18 January 1963.
