Ramlat al-Sab'atayn

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Yemeni Desert.

The Ramlat al-Sab'atayn (Template:Langx) is a desert region that corresponds with the northern deserts of modern Yemen (Al-Jawf, Marib, Shabwah governorates) and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Najran province).[1]

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The Ramlat as Sab'atayn includes part of what was known to medieval Arab geographers as the Sayhad (Template:Langx). It extends from al-Khawr to the edge of the Rub' al-Khālī or Empty Quarter. It includes the Yemeni muhafazahs of al-Jawf, Ma'rib and Shabwa.

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