Middle East & North Africa in 1923
1923 is the year of the Treaty of Lausanne. This map shows the 28 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 1923
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Qajar Dynasty
- Italian Africa
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Spain
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Italy
- First Hellenic Republic
- North Yemen
- Ethiopian Empire
- British Raj
- Portuguese Republic
- Asir
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Yugoslavia
- French Third Republic
- Albania
- Republic of the Rif
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1898
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Kingdom of Egypt · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · North Yemen · Portuguese Republic · Asir · Yugoslavia · Albania · Republic of the Rif · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1948
Qajar Dynasty · Italian Africa · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Spain · Ottoman Empire · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Emirate of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Italy · First Hellenic Republic · Ethiopian Empire · British Raj · Portuguese Republic · Asir · Principality of Bulgaria · Yugoslavia · French Third Republic · Albania · Republic of the Rif
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1923
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.