Eastern Arabia

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cultural region historical region

Eastern Arabia is a historical and cultural region along the western shores of the Persian Gulf, encompassing parts of modern-day eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and nearby coastal areas.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Gulf region 11
Persian Gulf region 9
Persian Gulf coast 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Persian Gulf ⓘ
colonialInterest British Empire ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
culturalTradition Gulf Arab dress ⓘ
Gulf Arab music ⓘ
Gulf Arabic dialects ⓘ
historicalEntity Al-Hasa Emirate ⓘ
Dilmun ⓘ
Gerrha ⓘ
historicalLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ
Gulf Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Arabian Arabic

Old South Arabian languages ⓘ
historicalPeople Arab tribes ⓘ
Baharna ⓘ
Bedouin communities ⓘ
surface form: Bedouins

Dilmun ⓘ
surface form: Dilmun civilization

Persians ⓘ
historicalPort Qatif region ⓘ
surface form: Al-Khobar region

Al-Uqair ⓘ
Port of Shuaiba ⓘ
surface form: Kuwait Bay ports

Qatif port ⓘ
historicalReligion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
indigenous Arabian polytheism ⓘ
includes Al-Ahsa Oasis ⓘ
surface form: Al-Hasa oasis

Bahrain ⓘ
Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Qatif region ⓘ
coastal areas of eastern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
knownFor date palm cultivation ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
oil and gas resources ⓘ
pearling industry ⓘ
locatedIn Persian Gulf ⓘ
surface form: Persian Gulf region
locatedOn western shores of the Persian Gulf ⓘ
partOf Arab world ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Persian Gulf sea lanes ⓘ
proximity to major oil fields ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

QAR → belongsToEconomicArea → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Abu Dhabi → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Dammam → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia
Doha → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Dubai Creek → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Jumeirah → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf coast
Kuwait → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Mubarak Al-Kabeer → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate
Qatar → locatedIn → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Capital Governorate (Bahrain) → partOf → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Murray Ridge region → partOf → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: northeastern Arabian Basin
Al Wakrah → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
Bahrain → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Burj Al Arab → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf coast
this entity surface form: Gulf region
GCC Common Market → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
GCC Customs Union → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Gulf Arabic → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
Hawalli → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
Katara Cultural Village → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Oman → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Port of Shuaiba → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
subject surface form: Saadiyat Island Cultural District
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Seif Palace → region → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region
Kuwait Army → subregion → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf region
Gulf Standard Time → usedInRegion → Eastern Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Gulf region