Middle East & North Africa in 1890
This map shows the 32 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 1890
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Mahdist State
- British Africa
- French Africa
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Wadai Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Sultanate of Oman
- Bornu Empire
- British Raj
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Emirate of Nejd
- Italian Africa
- Ethiopian Empire
- First Hellenic Republic
- Trucial States
- Principality of Bulgaria
- French Third Republic
- Qatar Dynasty
- Montenegro
- Serbs
- Austria-Hungary
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1865
Mahdist State · British Africa · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Italian Africa · Principality of Bulgaria · French Third Republic · Serbs · Austria-Hungary
Gone from the map by 1915
Mahdist State · Ottoman Tripolitania · Morocco · Sokoto Caliphate · Wadai Empire · Sultanate of Oman · Bornu Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Trucial States · Qatar Dynasty · House of Khalifa
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1890
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.