Shuqrah

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'''Shuqrah'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA880702DF3774E0440003BA962ED3|Shuqrah (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> ({{langx|ar|شُقْرَة}}),<ref>{{GEOnet2|7EA08D590FF96A9CE040D6A413F72E3E|شقرة (Native Script)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> also '''Shaqrāʾ''' ({{langx|ar|شَقْرَاء}})<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA880702DE3774E0440003BA962ED3|Shaqrā’(Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> or '''Shuqrāʾ''' ({{langx|ar|شُقْرَاء}}),<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA880702E03774E0440003BA962ED3|Shuqrā’(Variant)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> is a coastal town in southern Yemen. It was the capital of the Fadhli Sultanate<ref>{{cite book |last=Kour |first=Zaka Hanna |year=1981 |title=The history of Aden, 1839-72 |publisher=Frank Cass |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrsmNygcbNgC&pg=PA105 |page=105 |isbn=0-7146-3101-9}}</ref> until the capital moved to Zinjibar in 1962,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hinchcliffe |first1=Peter |last2=Ducker |first2=John T. |last3=Holt |first3=Maria |year=2007 |title=Without glory in Arabia: the British retreat from Aden |publisher=Tauris |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RcfK_uuubcC&pg=PA79 |page=79 |isbn=978-1-84511-140-3}}</ref> 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.<ref>“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)</ref>

==See also== * Hadhramaut / Sarat Mountains ** Harra es-Sawad

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{{Abyan Governorate}} Category:Populated places in Abyan Governorate Category:Populated coastal places in Yemen Category:Towns in Yemen