Socotra
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Socotra; سُقُطْرَى
An island off the horn of Africa.
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name سُقُطْرَى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/642
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39338/
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=S&sK=Socotra&sT=keywords
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 164
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Socotra
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III:256