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Shuqrah

Town in Abyan, Yemen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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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]

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