Distinguish History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia History of the Jews in Arabia File ArabianPeninsula dust SeaWiFS.jpg thumbnail right 200px The ArabianPeninsula . The history of the Jew s in the ArabianPeninsula reaches back to Biblical times. The ArabianPeninsula is defined as including parts of Iraq and Jordan Geography geographic ally. Political geography Political ly, the following countries are considered part of the peninsula Bahrain an island nation off the east coast of the peninsula Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates a federation of seven states Abu Dhabi Emirate Abu Dhabi , Ajman , Dubai , Fujairah , Ras al Khaimah , Sharjah emirate Sharjah , and Umm al Quwain Yemen . History of the Jews in Iraq Main Babylonian captivity History of the Jews in Iraq Baghdad Arabic Jewish Operation Ezra and Nehemiah The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented over twenty six centuries, from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 600 BCE, as noted in the Hebrew Bible and other historical evidence from the period, to modern Iraq . Iraq i Jew s constitute one of the world s oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. In the 1930s, the situation of the Jews in Iraq deteriorated. Previously, the growing Iraqi Arab nationalist sentiment included Iraqi Jews as fellow Arabs, but these views changed with ongoing conflict in the Palestinian Mandate. Despite protestations of their loyalty to Iraq, Iraqi Jews were increasingly subject to discrimination and harsh laws. On August 27, 1934 many Jews were dismissed from public service, and quotas were set up in colleges ... on the Arabianpeninsula where there is a specific Jewish community. Bahrain is the only Gulf state ... the Arab World Mizrahi Jews The ten families DEFAULTSORT History Of The Jews In The ArabianPeninsula Category History of the Jews in the ArabianPeninsula Category History of the Jews in the Middle East ArabianPeninsula ar he ... more details
Infobox War Faction name br Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula war the Yemeni al Qaeda crackdown image File Flag of Jihad.svg 275px caption The black flag of jihad . leaders Yusef al Ayeri KIA br Khalid Ali bin Ali Hajj KIA br Abdel Aziz al Muqrin KIA br Saleh al Oufi KIA br Saud Hamoud Abid al Qatini al Otaibi KIA br Anwar al Awlaki KIA br Nasir al Wuhayshi area Yemen and Saudi Arabia strength 500 600 in Yemen ref http pascalbonifaceaffairesstrategiques.blogs.nouvelobs.com ... Al Qaeda Announces Holy War against Houthis ref Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula lang ar ... the most active ref http www.cfr.org yemen al qaeda arabianpeninsula aqap p9369 ref of Al ... news al qaeda in the arabianpeninsula who are they title Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula ... name novak cite news url http www.longwarjournal.org archives 2009 01 arabianpeninsula al.php title ArabianPeninsula al Qaeda groups merge last Novak first Jane date January 26, 2009 work Long War ... Ezeagwula. He said that he was affiliated with and had been sent by Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula ... 5, 2010, al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula took responsibility for the plot. ref name autogenerated1 ... authorities had said they believed that al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula was behind the plot ... www.cfr.org yemen al qaeda arabianpeninsula aqap p9369 Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula , Council ... Studies CSIS http www.nctc.gov site groups aqap.html Al Qa ida in the ArabianPeninsula AQAP , U.S. National Counterterrorism Center NYTtopic organizations a al qaeda in the arabianpeninsula ... news world middle east 11483095 Profile Al Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula , BBC News , 31 October ... Al Qaeda In The ArabianPeninsula Category Al Qaeda Category Terrorism in Yemen Category Organizations ... bbcSeveral http news.bbc.co.uk 2 low middle east 3531657.stm Summary of several captures in the ArabianPeninsula, BBC , 4 March 2004 ref and extradited to Saudi Arabia KSA Fawaz al Rabeiee Fawaz Yahya ... more details
Image Tihama.jpg thumb 250px Tihama on the Red Sea near Khaukha in Yemen is part of this ecosystem The ArabianPeninsula coastal fog desert on the southern coasts of the Arabianpeninsula is an ecoregion which experiences thick fogs where visibility may be reduced to 33 feet 10 metres . It is classed as a Afrotropic fog desert ref http www.nationalgeographic.com wildworld profiles terrestrial at at1302.html National Geographic ref Location and description This ecosystem exists on a strip along the western and eastern coasts of Arabia. It follows the coast of Oman southward from Masirah Island and reaches inland to 120 km in the Dhofar Jiddat al Harasisi plateau and the Dhofar mountains. From here it continues as a very narrow strip only 5 km wide along the coast of Yemen and up the 50 km wide the Tihamah plain along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia . In Oman and Yemen moisture is provided by thick fogs coming off the ocean during the summer khareef monsoon, while the hot Tihamah plain is moisturised by some rainfall and the generally high humidity of the Red Sea. Flora In this region, although it rarely rains the fog provides moisture sufficient to nurture a great deal ... of the ArabianPeninsula is desert. Vegetation varies progressively away from the coast which features ... here include the Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx which was reintroduced to the wild after disappearing, gazelles and the Nubian ibex , a goat antelope . Predators found on the coast include caracal s, Arabian wolf , striped hyaena and the critically endangered Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr , which survives on Jebel Samhan in the Dhofar mountains. The Arabian Gazelle which once lived on the peninsula ... External links http books.google.co.uk books?id OPniyjxTu UC&pg PA35&lpg PA35&dq arabianpeninsula ... areas in Oman include the controversial Arabian Oryx Sanctuary where the reintroduction took ... topic 31610 Arabian Desert 47941 Climate Britannica Arabian Desert Category Afrotropic ecozone Category ... more details
Infobox non profit name Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula CDHRAP image type founded date start date 1992 ref name aboutus CDHRAP tax id registration id founder location Beirut ref name ColumbiaLawSchool CDHRAP coordinates origins key people Mohammad Abul Azeem al Hussain ref name ABNA CDHRAP chair area served Saudi Arabia product mission opposing human rights violations ref name WISER CDHRAP NGO , campaigning for freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia, human rights education ref name aboutus CDHRAP focus method monthly newsletter and annual reports in Arabic and English ref name aboutus CDHRAP revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsid non profit slogan former name homepage URL cdhrap.net English Arabic Persian dissolved footnotes The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula CDHRAP is a Saudi Arabia n human rights non governmental organisation ref name WISER CDHRAP NGO based in Beirut ref name ColumbiaLawSchool CDHRAP . Structure and leadership As of 2010 , CDHRAP was chaired by Mohammad Abul Azeem al Hussain. ref name ABNA CDHRAP chair Aims and actions The CDHRAP is a Saudi Arabian human rights non governmental organisation ref name WISER CDHRAP NGO created in 1992 ref name aboutus CDHRAP and based in Beirut ref name ColumbiaLawSchool CDHRAP that states its belief in human rights guaranteed by international ... CDHRAP It declares itself opposed to human rights violations in the ArabianPeninsula, especially ... coauthors title Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula CDHRAP language ... last first authorlink Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula coauthors title About CDHRAP work publisher Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula ... Persian 2011 2012 Saudi Arabian protests DEFAULTSORT Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the ArabianPeninsula Category Human rights organisations based in Lebanon Category Human rights in Saudi ... more details
Infobox political party name english Arab Socialist Action Party ArabianPeninsula name native big big colorcode Red party logo leader1 title leader1 name foundation start date 1972 founder ideology Marxism br Arab Nationalism international Arab Socialist Action Party website Politics of Saudi Arabia The Arab Socialist Action Party ArabianPeninsula lang ar izb al Amal al Ishtir kiy al Arabiy Al Jaz ra al Arabiyyah , was an underground oppositional political party in Saudi Arabia . It was founded in 1972 by elements of the erstwhile Arab Nationalist Movement . ref name fred http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0047 7265 28198502 290 3A130 3C13 3ATAPOM 3E2.0.CO 3B2 L MERIP Reports, No. 130 , The Contest for Arabia. Feb., 1985 ref Profile of the party The party was able to attract a following amongst intellectuals and middle class elements, and became a prominent force of the secularism secular opposition. Ideologically it adhered to Marxism and Arab nationalism . It considered armed struggle as the only option to overthrow the ruling system of Saudi Arabia. ref name fred ref name cdh http cdhrap.net text tqarer alaafoo 001 011.htm 04 Bot generated title ref The membership was predominantly Shi ite . The party was able to attract former members from the People s Democratic Party Saudi Arabia People s Democratic Party , which ceased to function in the mid 1970s. ref name fred The party raised three main demands, introduction of political liberties, nationalization of oil resources, and the end to foreign military presence in Saudi Arabia. It also opposed discrimination against Shi ites. ref name fred Press The party published al Masira as its central organ. It was printed inside Saudi Arabia clandestinely on an irregular basis. ref name fred Moreover, until the 1982 crackdown, the cadres ... Reflist Saudi Arabian political parties Category Arab nationalist political parties Category ... more details
Arabian may refer to the ArabianPeninsulaArabian horse Arabian arcade game Arabian arcade game USS Arabian 1896 , a United States Navy tug in service from 1918 to 1919 See also Arab disambiguation Arabia disambiguation disambig ... more details
The term South Arabian covers South Semitic languages spoken on the southern Arabianpeninsula , i.e. those not found in Africa Old South Arabian , a group of extinct Western South Semitic languages Modern South Arabian languages or Eastern South Semitic. South Arabian alphabet disambig ar de S darabische Sprache ... more details
, Turkey Side Peninsula, Turkey col end Persian Gulf File ArabianPeninsula dust SeaWiFS 2.jpg thumb 200px The ArabianPeninsula is the world s largest peninsula by area. ArabianPeninsula Saudi ...movenotice List of peninsulas discuss Talk List of peninsulas Proposed move Wiktionary peninsula byland biland Image Peninsula croatia.jpg thumb 300px A small peninsula in Croatia File Nehrung.png thumb 300px Curonian Spit , a large peninsula in the Baltic Sea File Cape Cod Landsat 7.jpg thumb 300px Cape Cod , a peninsula of Massachusetts A peninsula lang la paen nsula , paene almost nsula island ... , peninsulas are called half islands . A peninsula can also be a Headlands and bays headland head ... ebi article 9276348 Peninsula. Britannica Student Encyclopedia. 2007 . Encyclop dia Britannica ... of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae . Oceania Australia col begin col break width 50 Beecroft Peninsula , New South Wales Bellarine Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Cape York Peninsula , Queensland Cobourg Peninsula , Northern Territory Cronulla sand dunes, Kurnell Peninsula Dampier Peninsula , Western Australia Eyre Peninsula , South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula , South Australia Freycinet Peninsula , Tasmania Inskip Peninsula , Queensland col break Jervis Bay Territory Mornington Peninsula , Victoria Australia Victoria Redcliffe, Queensland Stockton, New South Wales Tasman Peninsula , Tasmania Tasmania itself was once a peninsula connected to Australia during ... Peninsula , South Australia Younghusband Peninsula , South Australia col end Image Mornington peninsula02.jpg thumb 250px A beach on the Mornington Peninsula Image KurnellNewSouthWales.JPG 600px thumb left Looking north over the Kurnell Peninsula. Clear New Zealand col begin col break width 50 Aupouri Peninsula , North Island Banks Peninsula , South Island Bluff, New Zealand Bluff Peninsula , South ... , North Island Coromandel Peninsula , North Island col break Farewell Spit , South Island Kaikoura ... more details
The Peninsula can refer to The Peninsula Hong Kong Geographic locations The Peninsula, Durham , the historic centre of Durham, England In the United States The Peninsula at St. Johns Center , a building in Jacksonville, Florida The San Francisco Peninsula , in Northern California. The Monterey Peninsula , in Central California. The Virginia Peninsula , of southeastern Virginia. Newspapers The Peninsula newspaper , daily English language newspaper published in Qatar disambig ja ... more details
of Africa Category Natural history of Asia Category ArabianPeninsula Category Geology of the Indian ...File Arabian tectonic plate overview map.gif thumb 213px Arabian plate boundaries with the Eurasian, African and Indian plates File Plates tect2 en.svg thumb 300px legend FFE090 The Arabian plate, shown in bright yellow border 000 solid 1px The Arabian Plate is one of three tectonic plate s the African, Arabian and Indian Crust geology crustal Plate tectonics plates which have been moving northward over millions of years and colliding with the Eurasian Plate . This is resulting in a mingling of plate pieces and mountain ranges extending in the west from the Pyrenees, crossing southern Europe and the Middle East, to the Himalayas and ranges of southeast Asia. ref cite web url http eol.jsc.nasa.gov handbooks arabianpages mainframe.htm title Tectonics of the Arabian Plate work The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth author Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center publisher NASA accessdate 21 July 2007 ref The Arabian Plate consists mostly of the Arabia n peninsula it extends northward to Turkey . The plate borders are East, with the Indo Australian Plate , at the Owen Fracture Zone South, with the African Plate to the west and the Indo Australian Plate to the east West, a left lateral Fault geology fault boundary with the African Plate called the Dead Sea ... Plate . The Arabian Plate was part of the African plate during much of the Phanerozoic Eon Paleozoic ... of Africa and Arabia occurred in the Oligocene, and since then the Arabian Plate has been slowly moving toward the Eurasian Plate. The collision between the Arabian Plate and Eurasia is pushing up the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Because the Arabian Plate and Eurasia plate collide, many cities are in danger such as Cairo, Egypt which is on the Arabian Plate . These dangers include earthquakes ... pl P yta arabska pt Placa Ar bica ru sh Arabijska plo a fi Arabian laatta ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Arabian Sands title orig translator image image caption author Wilfred Thesiger cover artist country language English language English series genre Travel writing publisher Longman , London release date 1959 media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages Approx. 330 pages isbn 0 14 144207 7 dewey congress oclc preceded by followed by Arabian Sands is a 1959 book by explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger . The book encompasses the author s travels across the Arabian Empty Quarter in the periods between 1945 and 1950, attempting to capture the lives of the Bedu People and other inhabitants of the Arabianpeninsula. ref cite news work The Guardian title Obituary Sir Wilfred Thesiger url http www.guardian.co.uk travel 2003 aug 27 booksobituaries.obituaries first Michael last Asher date 27 August 2003 ref ref cite web url http travel.nytimes.com 2007 12 30 travel 30armchair.html title Armchair Traveler Arabian Sands and The Marsh Arabs first Richard last Woodward date December 30, 2007 ref It is considered a classic of the travel book genre. ref cite web url http www.curtisbrown.co.uk wilfred thesiger title Wilfred Thesiger work Curtis Brown ref ref cite web url http www.longitudebooks.com find d 11357 pc Best 20Travel 20Books printable 1 work Longitude Books title The 86 Greatest Travel Books of All Time ref The book largely reflects on the changes and large scale development that took place after the Second World War and the subsequent gradual erosion of traditional Bedouin ways of life that had previously existed unaltered for thousands of years. ref cite book last Thesiger first Wilfred title Arabian Sands publisher Penguin Classics year 2007 isbn 978 0 14 009514 2 ref See Also Wilfred Thesiger ArabianPeninsula Bedouin References Reflist Category 1959 books Category Travel books travel book stub ... more details
of Oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabianpeninsula . The Arabian Oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private preserves and Arabian Oryx Reintroduction reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980. In 1986 the Arabian oryx was classified ... , and most of the Arabianpeninsula . During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the range of the Arabian ...Taxobox name Arabian Oryx status VU status system iucn3.1 trend down status ref ref name iucn image Reem ... binomial authority Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1766 The Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx or white ... orux Gazelle or Antelope and leukos white . The Arabian oryx is also called the white oryx in English ... for Arabian Oryx Taxonomy & description year 2007 publisher National Wildlife Research Center accessdate ... the name to the Cape gemsbok. At the same time, he also described what we now call the Arabian ... Ehrenberg Lichtenstein, 1826 . The Arabian oryx was then nameless until the first living specimens in Europe ... Oryx dammah , and gave the Arabian oryx back its original name. The confusion between the two ... nwrc taxonomy Anatomy and morphology File WesternRegion.jpg rught thumb 250 px Arabian oryx in the western region of Abu Dhabi Arabian oryx stand about convert 1 m in sp us high at the shoulder and weigh ... curved ringed horns which are convert 50 to 75 cm in sp us long. Arabian oryx rest during the heat ... two and fifteen animals, though herds of up to one hundred have been reported. Arabian oryx are generally .... ref name animal info Other than humans, Gray wolf wolves are the Arabian oryx s only predation predator ... life span of up to twenty years. ref name arabian oryx cite web url http www.phoenixzoo.org learn animals animal detail.aspx?FACT SHEET ID 100003 title Arabian Oryx accessdate 2008 01 27 work The Phoenix Zoo ref In periods of drought , however, the Arabian Oryx s life expectancy may be significantly ... title The Oryx Facts accessdate 2008 01 27 work The Arabian Oryx Project ref Distribution ... more details
level croup, high carried tail. The Arabian or Arab horse lang ar IPA ar is a n arabi , DIN 31635 DMG i n arab is a horse breed breed of horse that originated on the ArabianPeninsula . With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most ... Arabian. Horses with these features appeared in rock paintings and inscriptions in the ArabianPeninsula ..., Conquerors, pp. 4 7 ref Another hypothesis suggests the southwestern corner of the Arabianpeninsula ... domestication of the horse domesticated by the people of the Arabianpeninsula known today as the Bedouin ... Crescent but rare in the Arabianpeninsula prior to the rise of Islam , theorize that the breed .... Though it never fully dominated the heart of the ArabianPeninsula , this Turkish people Turkish empire ..., Egyptian breeders imported horses bred in the deserts of Palestine and the Arabianpeninsula ...for the GusGus album Arabian Horse album good article Infobox Horse name Arabian horse status DOM alt ... image caption An Arabian Mare altname Arabian, Arab country Developed in the Middle East , most notably Arabianpeninsula group1 Arabian Horse Association USA group2 The Arabian Horse Society of Australia group3 The Arab Horse Society UK group4 World Arabian Horse Organization std1 http www.arabianhorses.org ... history, Arabian horses spread around the world by both war and trade, used to improve other breeds by adding speed, refinement, endurance, and strong bone. Today, Arabian bloodlines are found in almost every modern breed of riding horse. The Arabian developed in a desert climate and was prized ... with humans created a horse breed that is good natured, quick to learn, and willing to please. The Arabian ... war . This combination of willingness and sensitivity requires modern Arabian horse owners to handle their horses with competence and respect. The Arabian is a versatile breed. Arabians dominate the discipline ... characteristics File Gatsby.jpg thumb left upright 1.5 A purebred Arabian stallion, showing dished ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Arabian Toad image Bufo arabicus.JPG status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Amphibia ordo Anura familia Bufonidae genus Bufo species B. arabicus binomial Bufo arabicus binomial authority Heyden, 1827 synonyms Bufo hadramautinus Cherchi, 1963 div div Bufo viridis ssp. arabicus Mertens, 1967 div div Bufo viridis var. orientalis Werner, 1895 1894 The Arabian Toad Bufo arabicus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , and Yemen . Its natural habitat s are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland , river s, intermittent rivers, freshwater spring hydrosphere spring s, rural gardens, urban area s, pond s, and irrigated land. Only nine species of amphibians have been found on the ArabianPeninsula . ref cite web url http www.arkive.org arabian toad bufo arabicus description.html title Arabian toad Bufo arabicus Information ARKive description publisher www.arkive.org accessdate 2009 08 09 ref Notes references References Papenfuss, T., Gardner, A., St ck, M., Anderson, S. & Kuzmin, S. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 54574 all Bufo arabicus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007. Category Bufo Category Animals described in 1827 Bufonidae stub ca Bufo arabicus es Bufo arabicus fr Duttaphrynus arabicus hu Bufo arabicus vi Bufo arabicus ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian Woodpecker status VU status system IUCN3.1 trend down image image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Piciformes familia Picidae genus Dendrocopos species D. dorae binomial Dendrocopos dorae binomial authority George Latimer Bates Bates and Norman Boyd Kinnear Kinnear , 1935 The Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos dorae is a species of woodpecker found in the ArabianPeninsula , primarily in southwestern Saudi Arabia and Yemen , in areas of montane forest. Though scientifically described by George Latimer Bates and Norman Boyd Kinnear , the scientific name was proposed by their occasional co worker St. John Philby , after his wife Dora. References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 6395 title Dendrocopos dorae downloaded 11 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable, and the criteria used External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 637&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet Category Dendrocopos Category Woodpeckers woodpecker stub de Araberspecht fr Pic d Arabie fi Arabiantikka sv Arabspett ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian Cobra image image width regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Elapidae genus Naja species N. arabica binomial Naja arabica binomial authority Scortecci, 1932 synonyms Naja haje Blasius Merrem Merrem , 1820 range map range map caption The Arabian cobra Naja arabica is a species of cobra in the genus Naja that is found in the ArabianPeninsula . The species Arabica if the back letter a is eliminated it means Arabic , that s why the species name because the species was founded. This species had long been considered to be a subspecies of the Egyptian cobra Naja haje , but morphological and genetic differences have led to its recognition as a separate species. ref name Zootaxa cite web title Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra Serpentes Elapidae Naja haje species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa url http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02236p025.pdf work Zootaxa publisher Magnolia Press accessdate 09 February 2012 ref References Reflist Elapidae stub Category Elapidae fr Naja arabica ... more details
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1919 The Middle Eastern Ostrich or Arabian Ostrich Struthio camelus syriacus is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich which once lived on the ArabianPeninsula and in the Near East . Its range seems to have been continuous in prehistoric times, but with the drying up of the ArabianPeninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable areas of the Arabian ... in two discrete Relict relict populations a smaller one in the southeast of the ArabianPeninsula ...Taxobox name Arabian Ostriches image Syrischer Maler um 1335 001.jpg image width 250px image caption Arabian Ostrich painting from Al Jahiz Kitab al Hayawan .28Book of Animals.29 The Book of Animals by al .... Towards the Sinai Peninsula , it probably intergraded with the North African subspecies camelus in earlier ... on a mosaic from Roman Syria The Arabian Ostrich has long had a significant place in the culture ... The Arabian Ostrich is possibly ref The correct identification of the ba t haYa anah ... subspecies rather than from the Arabian one, as the latter was only found in the unruly frontier regions of the Roman Empire, although it is to be noted that much later, the plumes of the Arabian Ostrich ... subspecies. After the rise of Islam , the Arabian Ostrich came to represent wealth and elegance ostrich ... to Muslim s and eggs, feathers and leather were extensively used in handicraft. Arabian Ostrich ... back... . blockquote The Arabian Ostrich was also discussed in Mesopotamian scholarly writings from ... of Al Jahiz , or Ibn al Manzur s dictionary Lisan al Arab . Extinction File Arabian Ostrich ... 20th century, the Arabian Ostrich had become rare. Its main stronghold was the northern Nefud ... of the Saudi Gazelle and the Arabian Oryx , both also extinct or very rare, respectively, nowadays ... analyses of mtDNA control region haplotype s that confirmed the close relationship of the Arabian ... from captivity to the open areas of the Negev in Israel where the Arabian Ostrich lived before. Verify ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian Wolf br lang ar status CR status system IUCN3.1 image Canis lupus arabs head front.JPG regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Canidae genus Canis species Gray Wolf C. lupus subspecies C. l. arabs trinomial Canis lupus arabs trinomial authority Reginald Innes Pocock Pocock , 1934 ref ITIS id 726811 taxon Canis lupus arabs accessdate 27 October 2007 ref range map Present distribution of wolf subspecies arab.jpg range map caption Arabian wolf range The Arabian wolf Canis lupus arabs is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which was once found throughout the ArabianPeninsula , but now only lives in small pockets in Southern Israel , Southern and western Iraq , Oman , Yemen , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , and probably in some parts of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt . Features and adaptations The Arabian wolf is a small, desert adapted wolf that stands at around 26 inches shoulder height and weighs an average of 40 pounds Their ears are proportionally larger in relation to body size when compared to other species, an adaptation needed to disperse body heat. Also, Arabian wolves do not live in large packs, and instead hunt in pairs ... Arabian wolves have short, thin fur in summer, though the hair on their back remains long even in summer ... 0815509057 page 474 ref Arabian wolves are unique among grey wolves due to the middle two toes of their paws ... thumb left 300px A lone Arabian wolf with its winter fur in the southern Arabah Arava desert, Israel Arabian wolves will attack and eat any domestic animal up to the size of a goat. As a result, farmers will not hesitate to shoot, poison, or trap them. Arabian wolves also feed on hares, rodents, ungulates , and any carrion they can find. Arabian wolves will hunt small to medium sized animals ... when in the vicinity of human settlements. ref name CWC cite web title Group Size and Home Range of the Arabian ... Arabian wolves all over the Negev and the Arava . In culture The wolf was frequently mentioned ... more details
understood but generally considered as limited to the ArabianPeninsula , including Egypt s Sinai Peninsula . ref name spalton06 Spalton, J. A., Al Hikmani, H. M. 2006 The leopard in the Arabianpeninsula ... Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf Cat News Special Issue 1 4 8. ref Until the late 1960s, the Arabian leopard was widely distributed in the ArabianPeninsula. It once existed in Haqel in the northern part ..., A., Boug, A. 2006 Status of the Arabian leopard in Saudi Arabia. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf Cat News Special Issue 1 11 19. ref A few individuals survive in the Judean Desert and Negev Negev Highlands while in the ArabianPeninsula leopards ... remain on the ArabianPeninsula with fewer than estimated 200 leopards. ref name workshop Breitenmoser ...Taxobox name Arabian leopard image .JPG image caption Arabian leopards at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah emirate Sharjah image width status CR status system iucn3.1 status ... , 1833 The Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr is a leopard subspecies native to the ArabianPeninsula and classified as critically endangered by IUCN since 1996. Fewer than 200 animals remained ... taxon Panthera pardus ssp. nimr id 15958 version 2011.1 ref The Arabian leopard is the smallest leopard ... Press Limited, United Arab Emirates ref The Arabian leopard was tentatively affirmed as a distinct subspecies by genetic analysis from a single captive leopard from Israel of south Arabian origin ... j.0962 1083.2001.01350.x ref Characteristics The Arabian leopard has pelage hues that vary from ... convert 30 kg lb abbr on for the male and around convert 20 kg lb abbr on for the female, the Arabian ... Breitenmoser, U., Mallon, D., Breitenmoser W rsten, C. 2006 A framework for the conservation of the Arabian leopard. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf ... 2006 title Critically endangered Arabian leopards Panthera pardus nimr persist in the Jabal Samhan ... more details
by the ArabianPeninsula . Some of the ancient names of this body of water include Sindhu Sagar meaning Sea of Sindh in Sanskrit ref http www.kamat.com indica geography arabian sea.htm Geographica Indica The Arabian Sea ref and Erythraean Sea . Description File Gawadar2.jpg thumb left Gwadar Bay , located in the Gulf of Oman in the Makran region of Pakistan . It is an inlet of the Arabian Sea indenting ... joining Ras al Hadd R s al Hadd , East point of ArabianPeninsula Arabia 22 32 N and Jiwani R s ... past the rough country in the southern Arabianpeninsula Yemen and Oman today was significant, and the Egypt ... hammerhead shaped peninsula jutting out into the Arabian Sea from the coastline. Port of Salalah ... of the Horn of Africa and convert 380 km mi south of the ArabianPeninsula . The island is very isolated ... Waters of South Asia Countries bordering the Arabian Sea Category ArabianPeninsula Category Marine ...About the Arabian Sea Bahr al Arab the river in Sudan Bahr al Arab refimprove date September 2007 Infobox lake lake name Arabian Sea image lake caption lake image bathymetry Arabian Sea map.png caption ... islands cities reference The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on on the north ... Landscape.jpg thumb right Colva Colva Beach , Goa The Arabian Sea s surface area is about convert 3862000 km2 sqmi 1 abbr on . ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 31653 Arabian Sea Arabian ... River . The Arabian Sea has two important branches the Gulf of Aden in the southwest, connecting ... on the Arabian Sea are Somalia , Djibouti , Yemen , Oman , Iran , Pakistan , India and the Maldives . There are several large cities on the Arabian Sea coast including Karachi , Gwadar , Pasni , Ormara ... . File Old map.JPG thumb Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf Limits The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Arabian Sea as follows ref cite web url http www.iho ohi.net iho ... to the most Southerly point of Addu Atoll in the Maldives . blockquote Alternative names The Arabian ... more details
The Arabian Basin is an oceanic basin located in the southern part of the Arabian Sea between the ArabianPeninsula and India. It is centered at 10 N, 65 E. ref name marinesci2003 The basin depth ranges from 3,400 m in the north to 4,400 m in the south, with a maximum depth of 4,652 m. ref name marinesci2003 The floor is covered by sediments from the Indus River Indus submarine fan and is relatively smooth. ref name gupta desa2001 The southern enclosure of this basin is formed by the Central Indian Ridge , the Carlsberg Ridge and the Chagos Laccadive Ridge . Bottom water enters the basin through the Owen Fracture Zone to the west. ref name tyler2003 The Carlsberg Ridge, at a depth of 3,800 m, separates this basin from the Somali Basin to the southwest. ref name marinesci2003 The Arabian Basin is separated from the shallow Oman Basin by the Murray Ridge. ref name black shimmield2003 Most of the northern and eastern limits are formed by the Laxmi Ridge and the Laccadive Plateau. ref name gupta desa2001 References reflist refs ref name marinesci2003 cite book author McCutcheon, Scott McCutcheon, Bobbi page 10 title The Facts on File marine science handbook series Facts on File Science Handbooks publisher Infobase Publishing year 2003 isbn 0816048126 ref ref name tyler2003 cite book first Paul A. last Tyler page 223 year 2003 title Ecosystems of the deep oceans volume 28 series Ecosystems of the world publisher Elsevier isbn 044482619X ref ref name black shimmield2003 cite book author Black, Kenneth D. Shimmield, Graham B. year 2003 title Biogeochemistry of marine systems page 158 series Sheffield Biological Sciences publisher CRC Press isbn 0849328187 ref ref name gupta desa2001 cite book author Gupta, Rabin Sen Desa, Ehrlich page 715 year 2001 title The Indian Ocean a perspective volume 2 publisher Taylor & Francis isbn 9058092240 ref Category Arabian Sea Category Oceanic basins Ocean stub lt Arabijos dubuma ru zh ... more details
North Arabian may refer to Northern Arabia Old North Arabian languages the Arab Adnan tribes disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian Babbler status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Turdoides squamiceps1 cropped.JPG regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Timaliidae genus Turdoides species T. squamiceps binomial Turdoides squamiceps binomial authority Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar Cretzschmar , 1827 The Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Turdoides , a genus of Old World babbler s. It is a communally nesting resident bird of arid scrub in the Middle East which lives together in relatively stable groups with strict orders of rank. Taxonomy It is one of the 26 species of the genus Turdoides that constitutes together with several other genera the family Timaliidae order Passeriformes, Cramp & Perrins 1993 . The Timaliidae occur in the Afrotropic ecozone Ethiopian and Indomalaya ecozone Oriental ecozone s, but a few species of the genus Turdoides have penetrated into the Palearctic zone north of the tropics where they live in arid areas of North and East Africa, India and the Middle East Zahavi 1990 . Description It is 26 29 cm long with a wingspan of 31 33.5 cm and a weight of 64 83 grams. It has a fairly long curved bill, a long tail, rounded wings and strong legs and feet. The plumage is grey brown above, paler below. There are dark streaks on the back and the throat is whitish. It has a variety of calls including whistles, trills and chattering. Distribution and habitat The Arabian Babbler ... from the central and north eastern parts of the peninsula. Its range extends north to Jordan ... above sea level in Yemen. Behaviour Image Arabian Babbler.jpg left thumb Photographed at Al Ain, Abu ... by Arabian Babbler helpers acts as a signal by the helper to gain social prestige within the group ... metabolic rate of Arabian Babbler Turdoides squamiceps nestlings? , The Auk , Apr 2001 by Anava, Avner, Kim, Michael, Shkolnik, Amiram, Degen, A Allan ref Group structure and breeding biology Arabian ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 Image Arabian Ranches on 12 June 2007 Pict 1.jpg thumb right 250px A phase nearing completion Image Arabian Ranches on 12 June 2007 Pict 2.jpg thumb right 250px A phase nearing completion Arabian Ranches is a residential project located on Emirates Road in Dubai . External links http arabianranchescommunity.com Arabian Ranches Community http www.arrcdubai.com Arabian Ranches Residents Committee Independent Volunteer Group of Homeowners Dubai topics Developments in Dubai coord 25 3 8 N 55 16 14 E type landmark display title Category Proposed buildings and structures in Dubai Category Neighbourhoods in the United Arab Emirates Category Residential communities in Dubai UAE geo stub id Arabian Ranches ... more details
pp semi protected small yes pp move indef Arabian Gulf may refer to Persian Gulf , a body of water sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or The Gulf by some Arab countries see also Persian Gulf naming dispute Red Sea , in geographical works from ancient times to the 19th century Arab s Gulf Khalij el Arab , near Alexandria, Egypt , translates to English as the Arab Gulf , or The Arabs Gulf Organisations Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Arabian Gulf University , Bahrain Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf Distinguish Not to be confused with The Arabian Sea , to the west of India geodis ca Golf Ar bic cs Arabsk z liv de Arabischer Golf fa ur ru ... more details
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