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    The Farasan Islands (Arabic: جزر فرسان; transliterated: Juzur Farasān) are a small group of coral islands approximately 40 km off the coast of Jizan in...
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  • Farasan Island (Arabic: جزيرة فرسان; transliterated: Jazyrat Farasan) is the largest island of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. It is located some...
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  • Farasan may refer to: Farasan Islands - archipelago in the Red Sea Farasan Island - largest island of the archipelago Farasan - largest city of the archipelago...
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  • 1300 islands in Saudi Arabia. This list includes some islands of Saudi Arabia. Farasan Island Umm al-Qamari islands Sanafir Island Tiran Island Abu Ali...
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    economy of the region and make it part of the Saudi economic growth. The Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia's first conservation protected area, is home to migratory...
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  • "Hejaz Railway". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-13. "Farasan Islands Protected Area". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-13...
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  • Farasan (Arabic: فرسان) is the largest town of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. Islands are a part of the Jizan Province, far south-western part of...
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    in Aden. With the new connections, the Idrisids occupied over the Farasan Islands, and later parts of Northern Tihamah and Al Luḩayyah. As the Arab Revolt...
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    lectotype specimen mistakenly thought to have been collected on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea in 1825. A 2013 genetic study of the lectotype specimen...
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    Formation is an oil source rock in the basin. Oil seeps occur near the Farasan Islands, the Dahlak Archipelago, along the coast of Eritrea, and in the southeastern...
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    Yemeni and Saudi Arabian armed forces over Duwaimah Island (located south of the Farasan Islands) in July 1998. In May 2000, Crown Prince Abdullah of...
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  • Sajid Island is one of the Farasan Islands in Saudi Arabia, located in the Red Sea near 16°46′21″N 41°58′0″E / 16.77250°N 41.96667°E / 16.77250; 41...
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  • Area Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area Umm al-Qamari Islands Al-Tubayq Natural Reserve Farasan Islands Protected Area Jubail Marine Wildlife Sanctuary Jabal...
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  • features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter F. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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    Breeding ecology of the Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, in the Farasan islands, Saudi Arabia, Zoology in the Middle East. 53(1), pp. 15–24 Rice, R...
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  • 250 km farther south, on topographical and literary grounds. the Farasan Islands, off the coast of southern Saudi Arabia, based on the find of two Latin...
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    village Qasr al-Farid Tomb in Mada'in Salih Al-Rifai House gate in Farasan Islands Saudi Arabia's reported population is 32,175,224 as of 2022, making...
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    However, one of his small dhows sunk on the coral reefs near the Farasan Islands, and they commenced a dangerous overland journey along the Red Sea...
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    places their southern limit in the northern ʿAsīr roughly opposite the Farasan Islands. Ptolemy also places an unnamed mountain in the territory of the Kinaidokolpitai...
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    Coast called Ras ed-Dimas, located ca. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the island of Lampedusa, and ca. 200 kilometres (120 mi) southeast of Carthage. Josephus...
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  • 17.000°N 41.783°E / 17.000; 41.783 (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia Farasan Islands 17°0′N 41°53′E / 17.000°N 41.883°E / 17.000; 41.883 (Red Sea) Indian...
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    2021). "Breeding biology of Saunders's tern (Sterna saundersi) in the Farasan Islands, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 28...
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  • Sarso Island is an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Farasan Islands. It is located in the Red Sea at 16°30′N 41°21′E / 16.50°N...
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    Prince Edward Islands Archipelagos in the Red Sea: Dahlak Archipelago Farasan Islands Hanish Islands Hurghada Archipelago Sa'ad ad-Din Islands Seven Brothers...
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    outpost, known from an inscription, existed on Farasan, the chief island of the Red Sea's Farasan Islands off the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula.: 72 ...
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    inscriptions have revealed a Roman military presence as far south as the Farasan Islands, in southwestern Saudi Arabia. At Qaryat al-Faw, capital of the ancient...
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    Guglielmotti torpedoed the Greek tanker Atlas (4,008 GRT) south of the Farasan Islands straggling behind the convoy. Leone, Pantera, Cesare Battisti and Daniele...
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    Furthermore, the Italians in 1926 and 1927 aimed at taking control of the Farasan Islands. Italy had colonies of its own in the region: Eritrea and Somaliland...
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  • 2021. Babbington J.. 2013. Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin – Offshore Farasan Islands. Birds of Saudi Arabia. Retrieved on April 14, 2017 Avgan, B.; Henschel...
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    locations in northwestern, central and southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea, western and southern Yemen, the United Arab Emirates...
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