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If you were looking for "Arabistan al Saudiyah", see Saudi Arabia.

Arabistan was the name of a de-facto autonomous arab emirate in the area of the modern Khuzestan Province of iran, that existed up until 1925[1], When the emirate was dissolved by Reza Khan. in 1936 it was renamed Khuzestan.

Prior to dissolvement, 90% of the emirate's population spoke Iraqi Arabic. Following annexation, the official language became Persian.[2]

Today the name Arabistan is in use by some Ahwazi Arab successionist movements.

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  1. ^ http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/056/2006/en/dom-MDE130562006en.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.unpo.org/content/view/7857/91/
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