Mahra Sultanate

The Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra (Arabic:سلطنة المهرة في قشن وسقطرة‎ Salṭanat al-Mahrah fī Qishn wa-Suquṭrah) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (Arabic:سلطنة المهرة في الغيضاء وسقطرة‎ Salṭanat al-Mahrah fī al-Ghayḍā’ 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. It was ruled by the Banu Afrar (Arabic:بنو عفرار‎ Banū ‘Afrār, also known as بن عفرير) dynasty and is sometimes called Mahra State in English.