Quote Originally Posted by t209 View Post
Agreed on that.
In fact, I was thinking "Forgotten Realms or DnD's Sicily" since those area--at least Norman era--have Arabs, Greeks, Italians, Russian-Vikings, and French-Vikings yet no place in fantasy Arabia (then again Zakhara might be one-shot fantasy, so maybe homebrew slotta). Also Souther Italy since they were part of Kingdom of Sicily.
Not sure if Calimshan or Chault had those since they have Euro-Arab mix populace and architectures.
Calisham is more less FR Baghdad. Zakhara is Arabian Nights writ large, and Chult is basically sub-Saharan Africa trough the lens of Heart of Darkness.