Kathiri

The Kathiri (Arabic الكثيري, DMG al - Kaṯīrī ) are one of the largest tribes of Yemen, where they in Hadramaut a sultanate, the last official names Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut ( السلطنة الكثيرية - سيؤن - حضرموت as- Saltana al - Kathīrīya - Say'un - Hadramaut ), had founded.

The Sultanate

1462/63 conquered the Dhofar Kathiri and kept there until the supremacy 1804. Invaded in 1488 they Badr Abu Towairaq of Sanaa in Yemen from high in the Hadramaut one. For the Kathiri enlisted mercenaries, mainly Yafa'is from the mountains north-east of Aden. The Kath Iris ruled intermittently over the greater part of Hadramaut and lobbied to in today's Oman. Their capital city was first Tarim, later Seiyun, the Shibam replaced as the center of Hadramaut.

In the 16th century Yafa'is itself annexed the western part of the Hadramaut and founded their own state with its center in al - Qatn. From 1829 the ruler of Muscat extended his power over Dhofar. It was only in 1876 recognized the Kathiri to the Omani sovereignty over Dhofar. In the 19th century, the Kathiri were increasingly harassed by the Qu'aiti, so that they finally left only a small territory without access to the sea in the Hadramaut. During this time, the Sultanate took on trade relations with the British Empire and in 1848 finally British protectorate as part of the Protectorate of Yemen. 1962 rejected the Sultanate from the membership of the South Arabian Federation. Al Husayn ibn Ali, the last Sultan of the Kathiri was overthrown on October 2, 1967. The sultanate became independent along with the rest of the British protectorate, and the South Arabian Federation and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen ) on 30 November 1967 by the British.

Kathiri outside Arabia

Members of the Kathiri emigrated to various parts of Asia in the 19th century. For example, to India, where they are also known as Al Kaseri and belong to the ethnic group of the Chaush.

A descendant of the emigrants is the East Timorese politicians Marí Alkatiri amude Bin, who became the first prime minister of the country after the regaining of independence from Indonesia. It belongs to the third generation of his family to Timor.

Source

• World Statesmen