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countries are
ruled by a sheikh, they are not
typically referred to as
sheikdoms, but kingdom, emirate, or
simply state, and
their ruler usually has another...
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defensive measure against threats from the
Ottoman Empire.
After 1961, the
sheikdom became the
state of Kuwait. In the
early to mid 1700s,
Kuwait was a small...
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Ajman (Arabic: عجمان 'Aǧmān; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿYmān) is the
capital of the
emirate of
Ajman in the
United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city...
- The
Sheikdom of
Upper Asir was an Arab
state which was
established in
August 1916,
after it
broke away from the
Idrisid Emirate of Asir,
possibly with...
- The Arab
states of the
Persian Gulf (Arabic: دول الخليج الفارسي)
refers to a
group of Arab
states bordering the
Persian Gulf.
There are
seven member states...
- The
Sheikdom of al-H****a was an
independent tribal region, set up by the Qarāmiṭa in the 10th century. It was
situated opposite of
Qatar and
Bahrain towards...
- an
emerging kingdom appeared in north-western Arabia. It
started as a
sheikdom of Dedan,
which developed into the
kingdom of Lihyan.
During this period...
- The emir of the
State of
Qatar (Arabic: أمیر دولة قطر) is the
monarch and head of
state of the country. The emir is also the commander-in-chief of the...
- on the
Arabian Peninsula.
Status Self-ruling sultanates,
emirates and
sheikdoms under British protection Capital Various Common languages
Arabic Persian...
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Angoche Sultanate, on the
Mozambiquan coast (also
several neighbouring sheikdoms)
various sultans on the Comoros;
however on the Comoros, the normally...
