Flag used by Mehri people; It used to be the flag of the Mahra Sultanate
Map of Yemen showing Al Mahrah Governorate.
Regions with significant populations
Yemen Oman Somalia
Languages
Mehri, Arabic, Somali
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Semitic-speaking peoples Especially Harasis, Soqotri, and other Modern South Arabian-speaking peoples
The Mehri[note 1] (Arabic: المهرة), also known as the al-Mahrah tribe (Arabic: قبيلة المهرة), are an Arabian ethnic group primarily inhabiting South Arabia especially in the Al-Mahra Governorate in Yemen and the island of Socotra in the Guardafui Channel. They are named after Mahra bin Haydan. They can also be found in the Sultanate of Oman, and the eastern region of the Arabian Peninsula.
They have participated in the conquests of North Africa, Morocco and Andalusia, and they lived there. Some of them work in fishing, and some of them live in the desert, and it is to them that the Mahri camels are attributed in the Arab heritage. The Mahra were famous for their Mahri language, which is a Semitic language belonging to the eastern family within the group of South Semitic languages, and it is a language closely related to other neighboring languages, such as the Shehri and Socotri languages. They have an ancient history, and they were mentioned in a number of Sabaean writings in Al-Musnad script, and they had a sultanate that lasted for five centuries, and it remained in existence until 1967, which is the Sultanate of Al-Mahra.
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The Mehri (Arabic: المهرة), also known as the al-Mahrah tribe (Arabic: قبيلة المهرة), are an Arabian ethnic group primarily inhabiting South Arabia especially...
kingdom by an Arabian tribe called ʿĀd which settled in South Arabia. The Mehripeople are traditionally considered descendants of the ʿĀd Kingdom and blood...
Look up Mehri in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mehri or Mahri may refer to: Mehripeople, an ethnic group of Oman and Yemen Mehri language, the Modern...
speakers live as guest workers in Kuwait, The UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Mehripeople are referred to as Mahra. Soqotri: another relatively numerous example...
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centuries up until the 15th century, when the island was occupied by the Mehri Sultanate in 1480. This led to slow Islamisation of the Soqotri. The Soqotri...
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Abdullah (2017). "BLOWING OFF THE DUST: TOWARDS SALVAGING THE FORGOTTEN MEHRI TONGUE IN SAUDI ARABIA". Annual Review of Education, Communication, and...
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Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL). These additional languages include Mehri, Shehri, Bathari, Harsusi and Hobyot. All are spoken in different regions...
particularly Zanzibar. Additionally, there are ethnic Lurs, Persians and Mehri. There are also Omanis from South Asia like the Lawatis, Zadjalis and others...
Hobyót people: Dhofar, Southern Oman, Far Eastern Yemen. Descendants from the original people of Dhofar before Arabization.[citation needed] Mehris: Al Mahrah...
Shima Mehri (born 1 January 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian female biker. Shima Mehri is the first Iranian girl who has ridden 805 km, in 12 hours non-stop...
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Afro-Asiatic languages. Several Modern South Arabian languages such as Mehri and Soqotri are also spoken in Yemen and Oman. Another Semitic language...
Iranicaonline.org (2008-07-20). Retrieved on 2013-07-28. Akram, A. I.; al-Mehri, A. B. (September 1, 2009). The Muslim Conquest of Persia. Maktabah Publications...
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