Mahra

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Mahra or Al Mahrah (Arabic: المهرة) is a governorate of Yemen in the southern Arabian Peninsula. Its capital is Ghaydah. The Mahra State of Qishn 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. Its capitals were Qishn in Mahra and Tamrida (Hadiboh) on Socotra. The sultanate entered into treaty relations with the British in the late 19th century and became a part of the Aden Protectorate. Mahra declined to join the Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. 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.