Middle East & North Africa in 1861
1861 is the year the American Civil War began. This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1861
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Emirate of Nejd
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- French Africa
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Russian Empire
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Bornu Empire
- British Raj
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Massina Empire
- Imamate of Yemen
- Sultanate of Oman
- Trucial States
- First Hellenic Republic
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Second French Empire
- Papal States
- Qatar Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Montenegro
- Kuwait
- Austrian Empire
- British Cape Colony
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1836
Ottoman Tripolitania · French Africa · British Raj · Second French Empire · Montenegro
Gone from the map by 1886
Muhammad Ali dynasty · Khanate of Khiva · Sultanate of Darfur · Kingdom of Sardinia · Beylik of Tunis · Massina Empire · Imamate of Yemen · Emirate of Bukhara · Second French Empire · Papal States · Spanish Empire · Kuwait · Austrian Empire · British Cape Colony
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1861
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.