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Middle East & North Africa in 1800

This map shows the 40 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1800 with 40 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1800

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Qajar Dynasty
  • Emirate of Diriyah
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Funj Sultanate
  • Morocco
  • Durrani Empire
  • Regency of Algiers
  • Sultanate of Darfur
  • Wadai Empire
  • Bornu Empire
  • Qasimids
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Karamanli Dynasty
  • French Consulate
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Bamana Empire
  • Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Papal States
  • Kingdom of Imereti
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Spanish Empire
  • Principality of Mingrelia
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Kuwait
  • Principality of Guria
  • Principality of Abkhazia
  • Russian Empire
  • Septinsular Republic
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Principality of Svaneti
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • County of Urgell

New on the map since 1775

Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Bukhara · French Consulate · Septinsular Republic · Kingdom of Great Britain

Gone from the map by 1825

Emirate of Diriyah · Funj Sultanate · Qasimids · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · French Consulate · Kingdom of Georgia · Bamana Empire · Kingdom of Imereti · Habsburg Monarchy · Principality of Mingrelia · Portuguese Empire · Septinsular Republic · Republic of Ragusa · County of Urgell

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1800

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.