Mahra Sultanate

• abstract: The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra ( ) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (Arabic: سلطنة المهرة في الغيضاء و سقطرة ) was a sultanate that included both the historical region of Mahra and the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen. It was ruled by the Banu Afrar ( , also known as بن عفرير) dynasty and is sometimes called Mahra State in English.

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