Why aren't Yemen, Oman and Bahrain part of Saudi Arabia?

Question

Saudi Arabia's so big. Why doesn't it own them?

Answer 1

thats like asking why doesnt USA own Canada and Mexico...

Just bounderies are formed with treaties, wars, etc and different tribal groups rule different areas... It was just that way....

Answer 2

.......because each of them wanted to be an independent country of their own to enforce rules and policies different from Saudi Arabia.......

Answer 3

Oman is Ibadi, Bahrain is Ithna Ashari with a sunni monarchy that went to war with the Saud family 100 years ago and Yemen is a Zaydi country.   Saudi Arabia is a Hanafi-Salafi influenced country.

Answer 4

Mintee answer is perfect.

Even if Yemen, Oman and Bahrain are not part of my country Saudi Arabia, but they are part of our hearts and they are our brothers and sisters.

Bad answer for who discriminate!

Bad answer for who said "thanks God they are not part"!

Bad question to ask if you didn't read history before asking!

Answer 5

Actually, it's the other way around, parts of Saudi Arabia should belong to Yemen. And Bahrain has a Shia majority and I doubt that they want to be ruled by the anti-Shia extremists who rule Saudi Arabia (although they sort of already are.)

Answer 6

i don't understand what is it you want out of this question, how do you think all countries of the world were created? throughout history you can see areas and lands being divided under this ruling or that and a few years after redivided and redistributed according to wars, political treaties and even natural disasters.  

saudi arabia doesn't "own" other countries simply because they are "smaller" in area!

if you went really back in history find that yemen was one of the greatest and oldest civilizations known to man...look it up under "Arabia Felix"...arabs originated from it and spread throughtout the peninsula and some even migrated to egypt and north africa as an outcome to their constant travelling (they were great merchants that almost controlled the trade of spice among aother things from the east to the west)

bahrain was actually Delmon or Dilmun a Mesopotamian civilization...it was part of different empires and civilizations throughout history such as Babylon and Persia...up until the middle ages, bahrain actually included parts of what is known today as the eastern province of saudi arabia as well as the islands of modern day Bahrain and stretched from Iraq all the way down to Oman. in the 1700s several retreats, invasions and treaties resulted in the ruling of AlKhalifa to the islands of bahrain as it is today with the help of the british.

Oman as far as i know was ruled by the persian empire and the sassanids. islam was spread there with the visit of Amr bin Al-As. it was invaded and ruled by the portugese, europeans and once more persians before it finally got its independance. i also know that Oman had a huge influence on the eastern african countries like zanzibar at one time.

when saudi arabia was formed, it was a unification of certain parts of the arabian land like Najd and Hijaz....if you want more details to when and how each region came under the saudi ruling you should go back to history books and read about the formation of the saudi country (the first, second and the third..which is the final one formed by king Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and still exists today)...

Answer 7

If you watched Days of Our Lives last week you'd know.

Please help me with my research.

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Answer 8

thanks god that they are not parts of Saudi

Answer 9

Oman , Bahrain could be united with Saudi in any form,,but i doubt Yemen would join because Yemen has a republic unlike the rest