Sharmah Cape

Ras Sharma projects from the Hadramawt coast into the waters east of the Gulf of Aden. Behind its rocky headland stood the medieval port of Sharma, a place of warehouses and maritime exchange active from about 980 into the twelfth century. Pottery found there came from many parts of the Indian Ocean, including East Africa and China. The port's remains recall an earlier trading network along this exposed Arabian shore.