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Middle East & North Africa in 1910

This map shows the 27 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1910 with 27 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 1910

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • French Africa
  • British Africa
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Qajar Dynasty
  • Russian Empire
  • Ottoman Tripolitania
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Morocco
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Emirate of Nejd
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Wadai Empire
  • Kingdom of Italy
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • British Raj
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
  • Italian Africa
  • Emirate of Jabal Shammar
  • First Hellenic Republic
  • Principality of Bulgaria
  • French Third Republic
  • Montenegro
  • German Africa
  • Serbs
  • Austria-Hungary
  • Principality of Andorra

New on the map since 1885

Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Italian Africa · German Africa

Gone from the map by 1935

Ottoman Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Russian Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · Kingdom of Spain · Morocco · Emirate of Nejd · Emirate of Afghanistan · Wadai Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Montenegro · German Africa · Serbs · Austria-Hungary

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1910

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.