Dhala or Dhali` (Arabic: الضالع‎ aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), Amiri (Arabic: الأميري‎ al-Amīrī), or the Emirate of Dhala (Arabic: إمارة الضالع‎ Imārat aḍ-Ḍāliʿ) was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Dhala (Ad Dali').