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Socotra, [a] also known as Saqatri, [b] is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean.Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes.. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as it comprises around 95% of the landmass of the archipel
In a 2003 US diplomatic cable, Iranian companies were also noted to have completed several projects in Yemen, including building the Socotra airport strip. [5] In early November 2015, two tropical cyclones – Chapala and Megh – struck the Socotra archipelago, causing severe damages to the main island's infrastructure, homes, roads, and power ...
The Mahra Sultanate, known in its later years as the Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra (Arabic: الدولة المهرية للبر وسقطرى Al-Dawlah al-Mahrīyah lil-Barr wa-Suquṭrā) or sometimes the Mahra Sultanate of Ghayda and Socotra (Arabic: سلطنة المهرة في الغيضة وسقطرى Salṭanat al-Mahrah fī al-Ghayḍah wa-Suquṭrā) was a sultanate that included ...
Lying between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea and near major shipping routes, Socotra is the largest of the four islands in the Socotra archipelago. Currently, the island is under the de facto control of the Southern Transitional Council, a United Arab Emirates-backed, pro-Presidential Leadership Council (PLC; Yemen's internationally ...
The archipelago consists of four larger islands, Socotra, Abd al Kuri, Samhah, and Darsah, as well as 3 small islets to the north of the archipelago. Socotra has most of archipelago's land mass and population. Abd al Kuri and Samhah are also inhabited. The islands are located between 12° 06′ and 12° 42′ N and 52° 03′ and 54° 32′ E. [13]
Before an 1876 protection treaty with the British, the island of Socotra was barely governed by the ruling Mahra Sultanate. Socotra was merely used as a tax farm by the sultan, who annually sent a relative to collect taxes in the form of ghee. These taxes were primarily collected from the villages of Hadibu, Qād̨ub, and Qulensya. During this ...
The island of Socotra was first contacted by the Portuguese in 1506, by the captain Fernandes Pereira, part of a fleet commanded by Lopo Soares de Albergaria. [3]In April 1506, a fleet of ten ships under Tristão da Cunha and four ships under Afonso de Albuquerque departed Lisbon, tasked by king Manuel among other things to capture Socotra, from which a fleet could be based to blockade the Red ...
Abd al Kuri (Arabic: عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. [4] As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, [3] [2] it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra. [2] Its terrain primarily consists of granite and diorite covered with limestone. [5]