Mukalla, officially the Mukalla City District, is a seaport and the capital city district of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the G
Khor al Mukalla
Qu'aiti, officially the Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla, was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia, in what is now Yemen. The Sultanate spanned the Indian Ocean coast up to the borde
Mukalla
…producing areas in its hinterland. Mukalla was founded in 1035 as a fishing settlement. After witnessing a struggle for control by the Kathiri and Qu'aiti Sultanates in the 19th and 20th centuries, it became the capital of the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut. The Qu'aiti Sultanate was part of the Eastern Aden…
The Gate of Mukalla, the main gate of the capital city of Qu'aiti, 1949
State (left) and Civil (right) flags of the Quaiti sultanate, along with the Quaiti Throne
Medals and Orders of the Quaiti Sultanate
1942 stamp depicting Sultan Saleh and the city gate of Ash Shihr