Shuqrah
Shuqrah
شُقْرَة Shaqrāʾ (شَقْرَاء) Shuqrāʾ (شُقْرَاء) | |
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  Shuqrah Location in Yemen  Shuqrah Shuqrah (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 13°21′21″N 45°41′59″E / 13.35583°N 45.69972°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Abyan |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Shuqrah[1] (Arabic: شُقْرَة),[2] also Shaqrāʾ (Arabic: شَقْرَاء)[3] or Shuqrāʾ (Arabic: شُقْرَاء),[4] is a coastal town in southern Yemen. It was the capital of the Fadhli Sultanate[5] until the capital moved to Zinjibar in 1962,[6] although the royal residence remained in Shuqrah.
British explorers Theodore and Mabel Bent ended their final expedition to the region here in late March 1897. Sick with malaria, they were transported to hospital in Aden by dhow.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Shuqrah (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ شقرة (Native Script) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Shaqrā’(Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Shuqrā’(Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ Kour, Zaka Hanna (1981). The history of Aden, 1839-72. London: Frank Cass. p. 105. ISBN 0-7146-3101-9.
- ↑ Hinchcliffe, Peter; Ducker, John T.; Holt, Maria (2007). Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden. London: Tauris. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84511-140-3.
- ↑ “Our last moments at Shukra were spent lying on the sand with our heads on a bag, and sheltered by a little bit of sacking on three sticks.” (Mabel Bent, Southern Arabia, London, 1900, p.429)
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