• Roggebrood@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    The Ottoman Empire never ruled in east Arabia (apart from Muscat) or in the central areas, did they?

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      3 months ago

      There was the Lahsa eyalet along the Persian gulf for ~100 years, and for the interior I guess the few years immediately after the Wahabbi war would count?

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        3 months ago

        and for the interior I guess

        It’s just sand. Doesn’t really matter. 🙃

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            3 months ago

            The population of al-Mintaqah ash-Sharqīyah (eastern province) is 5 Million. Population density of 7.3/km^2

            The population of Switzerland is 9 million. Population density of 207/km^2.

            It’s SAND, bro.