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Yemen: Yemen (meaning the Land of the Right Hand, i.e. right of Mecca) was founded on the previous Kingdoms of Maain (c400-c1000 BC) and of Saba (c750-c25 BC), the latter having
absorbed the former to be named later the Kingdom of Himyar (c25 BC-577 AD). The Imamate and Kingdom of Yemen traces its origins to the Imamate of Sanaa founded in 893 ...
* Aden: Located in South Yemen, Aden is a city whose name was given to the state ruled by the Benu Saryeh from 1114 to 1173 and later to the part of South Yemen ceded in 1838 by the Sultan of
Lahej to the British and occupied by them on 19/1/1839 to become the Colony of Aden ...
* Ahwar
* Al Aulaqi (Lower)
* Al Aulaqi (Upper Aulaqi Shaikhdom)
* Al Aulaqi (Upper Aulaqi Sultanate)
* Alawi: The Alawi Shaikhs established independence in 1839 from Yemen and was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Al Haura
* Al Irqa
* Al Qasha
* Aqrabi: The Aqrabi Shaikhs established independence in the 18th century from the Sultanate of Lahij and were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Audalhi: The Audalhi Shaikhs signed a protectorate treaty with the British and were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Aulaqi, Al (Lower)
* Aulaqi, Al (Upper Aulaqi Shaikhdom)
* Aulaqi, Al (Upper Aulaqi Sultanate)
* Bayhan
* Beihan
* Bir Ahmad
* Bir Ali: The Wahidi Sultanate was split into 4 states in the 1870s ...
* Dahm
* Dali
* Dhala: The Emirs of Dhala established independence from Yemen in the 19th century, signed a British protectorate agreement in 1904, were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Dubi: A shaikhdom created in the 19th century that was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Fadhli: The Fadhli Sultans of Zinjibar were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Habban: The Wahidi Sultanate was split into 4 states in the 1870s ...
* Habieli, Al: The ruling family, recognized by the Hashimite Grand Sharifs of Mecca as related, established themselves as religious leaders in Bayhan in 1680 and became independent ...
* Hadrami: A shaikdom probably created in the 19th century that was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Haushabi: The Haushabi Sultans of Musaymir established independence from Yemen in the 19th century, signed a British protectorate agreement in 1904, were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Haura, Al: A shaikdom probably created in the 19th century that was included in the Eastern Aden Protectorate ...
* Irqa, Al: A shaikdom probably created in the 19th century that was included in the Eastern Aden Protectorate ...
* Jaar
* Kishn & Socotra

* Lahej, Lahij: Initially under the suzerainty of the Imam of Yemen, the Abdali ruling family established an independent state in Lahij and his successors were included in the Western Aden
Protectorate ...

* Lower Aulaqi: The Lower Aulaqi Sultans separated from the Upper Aulaqi in the 18th century and were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Lower Yafa: The Yafa established independence from Yemen c1700 and was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Maflahi: A shaikdom probably created in the 19th century, included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Mahjalah
* Maifaah
* Mausata: A shaikdom probably created in the 19th century that was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Mayfaah
* Muflahi
* Mukalla
* Musaymir
* Nisab
* Qasab
* Qasha, Al
* Quaiti, Al: The Al Isa Kathiri Sultanate of Shibam was conquered in 1858 by the sons of Umar bin Awadh al Quaiti, who was born there and became a Jemadar in the forces of the Nizam of
Hyderabad. One of the sons took possession of Shihr in 1866 and of Mukalla on 10/11/1881 ...
* Qishn & Socotra: The Banu Afrar Sultan of Qishn and Socotra have been the leaders of the Mahri tribes since 1549. The Sultanate was in the Eastern Aden Protectorate ...
* Said
* Sayun: A sultanate created in Haudramuth in the 15th century that was in the Eastern Aden Protectorate ...
* Shaib: A shaikdom probably created in the 18th century. The Shaikdom was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Shibam: under development
* Shihr & Mukalla
* Socotra
* Upper Aulaqi Shaikhdom: The Upper Aulaqi Shaikhs of Said made themselves gradually independent from the Upper Aulaqi Sultans of Ahwar in the 18th century and were included in the Western
Aden Protectorate ...
* Upper Aulaqi Sultanate: The Upper Aulaqi Sultans of Ahwar were included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Upper Yafa: The Upper Yafa became independant from the Lower Yafa Sultans of Jaar and was included in the Western Aden Protectorate ...
* Wahidi: The Wahidi Sultanate was split into 4 states in the 1870s ...
* Wayilah: A tribe that does not recognize the border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen ...
* Zara
* Zinjibar