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Middle East & North Africa in 1848

1848 is the year of revolutions across Europe. 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 1848 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 1848

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Qajar Dynasty
  • Muhammad Ali dynasty
  • Ottoman Tripolitania
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Emirate of Nejd
  • Morocco
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Russian Empire
  • French Africa
  • Sokoto Caliphate
  • Sultanate of Darfur
  • Wadai Empire
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Bornu Empire
  • British Empire
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Massina Empire
  • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
  • Imamate of Yemen
  • Trucial States
  • First Hellenic Republic
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Italian Nationalists
  • Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Papal States
  • French Second Republic
  • Qatar Dynasty
  • Spanish Empire
  • Grand Duchy of Tuscany
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Kuwait
  • Austrian Empire
  • British Cape Colony
  • House of Khalifa
  • Principality of Andorra

New on the map since 1823

Ottoman Tripolitania · Emirate of Nejd · Emirate of Afghanistan · French Africa · British Empire · Caucasian Imamate · Italian Nationalists · French Second Republic · Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Gone from the map by 1873

Muhammad Ali dynasty · Khanate of Khiva · Kingdom of Spain · British Empire · Massina Empire · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Imamate of Yemen · Caucasian Imamate · Emirate of Bukhara · Italian Nationalists · Kingdom of Sardinia · Papal States · French Second Republic · Spanish Empire · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Kuwait · Austrian Empire

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1848

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.