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Mahra Sultanate



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 Mahra and the Indian Ocean island of Socotra in what is now eastern Yemen. It was ruled by the Banu Afrar ( []) dynasty and is sometimes called Mahra State in English.



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