Map of the Protectorate of South Arabia in 1965

Map of contemporary Yemen showing Al Mahrah governorate.

The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (Arabic: سلطنة المهرة في قشن و سقطرة‎ [Salṭanat Mahrah fī Qishn wa Suquṭrah]) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (Arabic: سلطنة المهرة في الغيضاء و سقطرة [Salṭanat Mahrah fī-l Ghayḍāʿ wa Suquṭrah]) was a sultanate that included both the historical region of Mahra and the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Al Mahrah or Mahra (المهرة is a governorate ( Muhafazah) of Yemen in the southern Arabian Peninsula in the area of the The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface Socotra or Soqotra ( Arabic سقطرى; Suquṭra) is a small Archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean It was ruled by the Banu Afrar (Arabic: بنو عفرار‎ [Banū ʿAfrār]) dynasty and is sometimes called Mahra State in English. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations

The capitals of Mahra were Qishn in Mahra and Tamrida (Hadiboh) on Socotra. Qishn (قشن is a coastal town in Al Mahrah Governorate, southern Yemen. Hadiboh (حاديبو Ḥādībū; formerly known as Tamrida) is a coastal town in northern Socotra ( Yemen) not far from the mount During 1886 the sultanate became a British protectorate and later became a part of the Aden Protectorate. Aden Protectorate ( محمية عدن ʿAdan}} was a British Protectorate in southern Arabia in the early and middle 20th century In the 1960s, Mahra declined to join the Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The Federation of South Arabia ( Arabic: اتحاد الجنوب العربي Ittihad al-Janūb al-‘arabī) was an organization of States under The Protectorate of South Arabia was a grouping of States under treaties of protection with Britain in what would become South Yemen. In 1967, the sultanate was abolished and Mahra became part of newly independent South Yemen which united with North Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic of Yemen. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden was a Socialist republic in present-day southern and North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990 and its predecessor the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Today the Mahra area (without Socotra) is the Al Mahrah Governorate of Yemen. Al Mahrah or Mahra (المهرة is a governorate ( Muhafazah) of Yemen in the southern Arabian Peninsula in the area of the

In addition to Arabic, Mehri, a Modern South Arabian language is spoken in Mahra. Mehri or Mahri is a Modern South Arabian language a branch of the greater Semitic language family and is spoken by minority populations in isolated The Modern South Arabian (or Eastern South Semitic languages are spoken mainly by tiny minority populations on the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and Oman. Mahra shares with the neighbouring Dhofar in Oman cultural treats such as non Arab languages, the importance of frankincense and geographic and climatic ties as well, which distinguish these regions from the desert surrounding them, mostly due to the beneficial action of the khareef monsoon. The Dhofar ( Arabic ظفار Ẓufār) region lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border of Yemen. Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast Frankincense or olibanum ( Arabic language: لبٌان, lubbān) is an aromatic Resin obtained from trees of the genus Khareef is a Colloquial Arabic term used in southern Oman for the south east Monsoon that affects the Dhofar Province

External links

• Mahra State flag
• Postage stamps