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Jazirat al-'Arabiyya

جزيرة العربية (في الخليج)

A small island in the Persian Gulf, less than a mile square, about 50 miles from the Saudi Arabian mainland and about 60 miles from Iran. It is one of the five-island Kurayn group on the Arabian side of the Gulf; it is normally uninhabited, and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran all claim it 1.

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Overview

Jazirat al-'Arabiyya is a small island in the Persian Gulf, at about 27 degrees 46 minutes north and 50 degrees 10 minutes east. It is less than a mile square and lies about 50 miles from the Saudi Arabian mainland and about 60 miles from the Iranian coast. 1

Position and claims

The island is one of a group of five, the Kurayn, on the Arabian side of the Gulf. It is normally uninhabited, and three Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran, each claim it. 1

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 628
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islam.museum contributors. “Jazirat al-'Arabiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jazirat-al-arabiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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