ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Peninsula Ras Al

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ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
Indian Ocean Arabian Sea
Arabian Peninsula
Ra's Al Hadd to Ra's Sajir
Kuria Muria Bay Islands, Dawhat Sawqarah, Barr Al Hikman, Masirah Channel
See Photos for condition.
The
Arabian Peninsula
,
[1]
(
/
ə
ˈ
r
eɪ
b
i
ə
n
...
/
;
Arabic
:
شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة
,
shibhu l-jazīrati l-ʿarabiyyah
, "Arabian Peninsula" or
جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب
,
jazīratu l-ʿarab
, "Island of the
Arabs
")
[2]
or
Arabia
, is a
peninsula
of
Western Asia
, situated northeast of
Africa
on the
Arabian Plate
. At 3,237,500 km
2
(1,250,000 sq mi), the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Geographically, the Arabian Peninsula includes
Kuwait
,
Oman
,
Qatar
,
Saudi Arabia
, the
United Arab Emirates
(UAE), and
Yemen
, as well as the southern portions of
Iraq
and
Jordan
.
[8]
The largest of these is Saudi Arabia.
[9]
The Arabian Peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the
Red Sea
between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west and southwest, the
Persian Gulf
and the
Gulf of Oman
to the northeast, the
Levant
and
Mesopotamia
to the north and the
Arabian Sea
and the
Indian Ocean
to the southeast. The peninsula plays a critical
geopolitical
role in the
Arab world
and globally due to its vast reserves of
oil
and
natural gas
.
Before the modern era, the region was divided into primarily four distinct regions: the
Central Plateau
(Najd or
Al-Yamama
),
South Arabia
,
Al-Bahrain
(Eastern Arabia or
Al-Hassa
), and the
Hejaz
(
Tihamah
for the western coast), as described by
Ibn al-Faqih
.
[10]
The
United Arab Emirates
(
UAE
;
Arabic
:
ٱلْإِمَارَاتُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْمُتَّحِدَةُ
al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah
), or simply the
Emirates
(
Arabic
:
ٱلْإِمَارَاتُ
al-ʾImārāt
), is a country in
Western Asia
(
The Middle East
). It is located at the eastern end of the
Arabian Peninsula
and shares borders with
Oman
and
Saudi Arabia
, while having maritime borders in the
Persian Gulf
with
Qatar
and
Iran
.
Abu Dhabi
is the nation's capital, while
Dubai
, the
most populous
city, is an international hub.
The United Arab Emirates is an
elective monarchy
formed from a
federation
of
seven emirates
, consisting of
Abu Dhabi
(the capital),
Ajman
,
Dubai
,
Fujairah
,
Ras Al Khaimah
,
Sharjah
and
Umm Al Quwain
.
[14]
Each emirate is governed by an
emir
and together the emirs form the
Federal Supreme Council
. The members of the Federal Supreme Council elect a
president
and
Vice President
from among their members. In practice, the emir of Abu Dhabi serves as president while the ruler of Dubai is Vice President and also prime minister.
[15]
In 2013, the country had a population of 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million were
Emirati citizens
and 7.8 million were
expatriates
.
[16]
[17]
[18]
As of 2020, the United Arab Emirates has an estimated population of roughly 9.9 million.
[19]
The United Arab Emirates has been inhabited for over 125,000 years. It has been the crossroads of trading for many civilizations, including
Mesopotamia
,
Persia
, and
India
.
[20]
Islam
is the
official religion
and
Arabic
the official language. The United Arab Emirates'
oil
and natural gas reserves are the world's
sixth
and
seventh-largest
, respectively.
[21]
[22]
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
, ruler of Abu Dhabi and the country's first president, oversaw the development of the Emirates by investing oil revenues into healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
[23]
The United Arab Emirates has the most diversified economy among the members of the
Gulf Cooperation Council
.
[24]
In the 21st century, the country has become less reliant on oil and gas and is economically focusing on tourism and business. The government does not levy income tax, although there is a corporate tax in place and a 5%
value-added tax
was established in 2018.
[25]
Human rights
groups, such as
Amnesty International
,
Freedom House
and
Human Rights Watch
, have regarded UAE as generally substandard on human rights, with citizens criticising the regime imprisoned and tortured, families harassed by the state security apparatus, and cases of
forced disappearances
.
[26]
[27]
Individual rights such as the freedoms of
assembly
,
association
, the
press
,
expression
, and
religion
are also severely repressed.
[28]
The UAE is considered a
middle power
. It is a member of the
United Nations
,
Arab League
,
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
,
OPEC
,
Non-Aligned Movement
, and
Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC).