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Middle Eastern Protagonists

Women:

Ancient Persian:

Civilisation II (Scheherazade)

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (Karim)

Arabic (when not given a more specific background):

Arabian Fight (Ramaya)

Arabian Magic (Princess Lisa)

Babylonian:

Civilisation II (Ishtar)

Saudi Arabian:

Street Fighter (Pullum Purna)

Scythian:

Civilisation VI (Queen Tomyris)

Other:

Trine Franchise (The Thief Zoya is white-washed but is clearly based on a hodgepodge of ideas about Middle Eastern women)

Men:

Afghani:

Rulers of Nations (President Hamid Karzai)

Ancient Persian:

Age of Heroes

Age of Empires

Age of Empires II

Ancient Wars: Sparta

Civilisation II (Xerxes)

Civilisation III (Xerxes)

Civilisation IV (Darius I & Cyrus)

Civilisation V (Darius I)

Civilisation VI DLC (Cyrus)

Field of Glory: Immortal Fire

Garshasp: The Monster Slayer

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Franchise

Quarish

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries

Seven Kingdoms 2

Soulcalibur (Astaroth)

Arabic (when not given a more specific background):

Arabian Fight

Arabian Magic

Civilisation III (Abu Bakr)

Civilisation IV (Saladin)

Civilisation V (Harun al-Rashid)

Civilisation VI (Saladin)

Civilisation Revolution (Saladin)

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall

Field of Glory - Swords and Scimitars

Mace: The Dark Age (Al-Rashid)

Osman aka Cannon Dancer

Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta

Assyrian:

Age of Empires

Chariots of War

Civilization: Call to Power 1 & 2

Civilisation V: Brave New World (Ashurbanipal)

Babylonian:

Age of Empires

Babylonian Castle Saga Franchise

Babylonian Twins

Chariots of War

Civilisation I (Hammurabi)

Civilisation 2 (Hammurabi)

Discover Babylon

Bedouin:

Chariots of War

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall

Field of Glory - Swords and Scimitars

Berber:

Age of Empires II: The African Kingdoms

Field of Glory - Oath of Fealty

Medieval: Total War (Almohads)

Dailamites:

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall

Ghaznavids:

Field of Glory: Rise and Decline

Greco-Bactrian (Greek Kingdom in what is now Afghanistan):

Field of Glory: Immortal Fires

Hittite:

Age of Empires

Chariots of War

Civilisation III (Mursilis)

Iranian:

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Mir-Mahna

Quest of Persia Franchise

Rulers of Nations (President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)

Special Operation 85: Hostage Rescue

Iraqi:

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Israeli:

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

Rulers of Nations (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu)

Jordanian:

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

Khorasanian:

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall

Khwarazmian Empire:

Field of Glory – Swords and Scimitars

Lebanese:

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

Libyan:

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

Rulers of Nations (Muammar Gaddafi)

Mitanni:

Chariots of War

Moorish:

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall

Medieval II: Total War

Ottoman:

Age of Empires III

Civilisation III (Osman)

Civilisation IV (Mehmed II & Suleiman

Civilisation V (Suleiman)

Field of Glory - Eternal Empire

Palestinian:

Under Ash & Under Siege

Palmyran (Ancient civilisation in what is now Syria):

Age of Empires: Rise of Rome

Field of Glory - Legions Triumphant

Parthian:

Alea Jacta Est: The Parthian Wars

Field of Glory - Rise of Rome

Phoenician:

Age of Empires

Sasanian Empire:

Field of Glory - Legions Triumphant

Saracen:

Age of Empires II

Sarmatian:

Field of Glory: Immortal Fire

Field of Glory - Legions Triumphant

Saudi Arabian:

Tekken (Shaheen)

Scythians:

Chariots of War

Field of Glory: Immortal Fire

Seleucid Empire:

Field of Glory - Rise of Rome

Sumerian:

Age of Empires

Chariots of War

Civilisation VI (Gilgamesh)

Syrian:

21 Days (Mohammed Shenu)

Assassin’s Creed (Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad)

Assassin’s Creed: Altaïr’s Chronicles (ditto)

Campaign Series: Middle East 1948 -1985

Chariots of War

Field of Glory - Swords and Scimitars

XZR Franchise aka Exile Franchise (Sadler)

Turkish:

Age of Empires II

Civilisation 3 (Ottoman Empire - Osman)

Civilisation IV: Warlords (Ottoman Empire - Mehmed II

Civilisation IV: Beyond the Sword ( Ottoman Empire - Suleiman I)

Civilisation V (Ottoman Empire - Suleiman)

Field of Glory: Decline and Fall (Pecheneg Nomads)

Field of Glory - Swords and Scimitars (Seljuk & Cuman)

Medieval: Total War

Medieval II: Total War

Rise of Nations

Street Fighter (Hakan)