Portuguese Socotra
Portuguese Socotra | |||||||||
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| 1507–1511 | |||||||||
| Status | Colony of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Suq | ||||||||
| Official language | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Common languages | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Sunni Islam Nestorian Christianity | ||||||||
| Government | Absolutist monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1507–1511 | Manuel I | ||||||||
| Captain | |||||||||
• 1507–1509 (first) | Afonso de Noronha | ||||||||
• 1509–1510 | Pedro Ferreira | ||||||||
• 1510–1511 (last) | Pedro Correia | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
| 1507 | |||||||||
• Abandoned by Portugal. | 1511 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1511 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||
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Portuguese Socotra (Portuguese: Socotorá Portuguesa) refers to the period during which the island of Socotra was ruled by the Portuguese Empire. Captured from the Mahra dynasty of Qishn in 1507 by Tristão da Cunha and Afonso de Albuquerque, it was later abandoned in 1511 and it reverted to the rule of Mahra.