The Great War Mod Project for Darkest Hour

[Arturius]

Wow, it seems there exist a region whose history is not well documented, so I could give you only rough suggestions.

1. Until 1970 Oman was divided into 'Sultanate of Muscat' and 'Imamate of Oman'. The sultane was nominal ruler of the imamate. From 1913 until 1959 there was de facto a split of these two political entities. That's the only map I could find, I guess it is very rough one:




It would be fine if the coastal provinces could be made thinner like in this map. For the hinterland I have no suggestions.



2. Madha exclave (75 km²) part of Musandam governate could be included, not necessearily as separate province. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madha




3. The borders between Oman and Saudi-Arabia were not fixed for a long time. I have no suggestion to make. Here is a summarizing map with claims, suggestions and treaties:

[mumia]

I can add Madha, as something like Vatican (province surrounded by only one province - Dubayy), but do you know if it had then access to the sea? Currently it hasn't as there is UAE town Murba:



1. UAE - Dubayy province in E3Map.
2. Madha exclave - Omani.
3. Madha town - Omani town.
4. Murba town - UAE town.

I have a question about that first map you posted. There are some tiny islands along UAE coast painted red, what should be done with them?

[Arturius]

I can add Madha, as something like Vatican (province surrounded by only one province - Dubayy), but do you know if it had then access to the sea? Currently it hasn't as there is UAE town Murba:

OMG, what a mess!

The documentation from the 1949–1962 period is of particular importance because no boundaries in the area had been settled before 1949, while the majority of the onshore boundaries, both within the Trucial States and with Oman, were delimited by 1962

The borders were finally fixed in 1969.

Here are the regions of UEA: http://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//e/ ... ns_map.png

There are two neighbouring emirates:

1. Fujairah (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... es.svg.png)
2. Al-Sharjah (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... es.svg.png)

Both emirates became British protectorates early in 20th century and joined later the UAE.

Conclusion: According to my research Madha had no access to coast in 20th century. The cities Khor Fakkan and Fujairah (=Murba) belonged to their emirates long time ago.

I have a question about that first map you posted. There are some tiny islands along UAE coast painted red, what should be done with them?

Good question.

Masirah Island


Masirah Island was uninhabited until British built an airbase there in 1933. 1977 isle was handed over to Oman. Oman offered the USA to use this isle which they did since then until today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masirah_Is ... itary_Base
http://home.kpn.nl/lilian_jan_schreurs/ ... irah.htm#A bit of History
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... asirah.htm

Conclusion: Of strategical value for Cold War and WW2 scenarios.


Khuriya Muriya Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khuriya_Muriya_Islands

In 1854 the hami (sultan) of Muscat (later Muscat and Oman, now Oman), ceded the islands to Britain and in 1868 they were attached to the Aden Settlement (in modern Yemen). As a British possession until 1967, they were administered by the British Governor of Aden until 1953, then by the British High Commissioner until 1963, and finally by the British Chief Political Resident of the Persian Gulf (based in Bahrain). On 30 November 1967, Lord Caradon, the British Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that in accordance with the wishes of the local inhabitants, the islands would be returned to Muscat and Oman, despite criticism from President Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi that the islands should be transferred to the People's Republic of South Yemen.

Conclusion: Of no military value. Only pro argument to nclude it would be the fact that it was/is disputed between Yemen and Oman during Cold War era.

[Arturius]

Just a note: from 1920-1932 there was a sultanate of Sohar which was independent from Oman. Ruler was Ali Banu Bu Ali a.k.a Beni Bou Ali.


And now to your question. Oman possessed the Trucial coast. In the early 1820s, the Sultanate lost most of its territories in the Persian Gulf, which later became the Trucial States under British protection. Maybe the red marked points were the last possessions of Oman at Trucial coast. But I was not able to find any information what the settlements were or when they were finally lost.

[mumia]

Here is how UAE - Oman area could look like:



In UAE I used mostly borders of emirates:
1 - Abu Dhabi emirate
2 - Dubai
3 - Area with purple borders, I could divide it on 3 provinces, probably with nameplates or 2 - one along Persian Gulf and other along Omani Gulf

Oman:
Green border represent border between Sultanate along the coast and imamate which I've merged with the rest of modern Omani territory as far I know it was just an uninhabited desert. What do you think?
4 - Kuria Muria islands marked as separate province.
5 - sultanate of Sohar

[Arturius]

Really, really nice! Can't await to update mod's map.

I agree with your suggestion of course.

[mumia]

Here is a result of my last changes in Oman-Yemen area:



So, just few minor changes on IDs layer left.