It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran, on the northwest by Iraq and Kuwait, on the west and southwest by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, and on the south and southeast by the United Arab Emirates and part of Oman.

• 它的北面、东北面和东面是伊朗，西北面是伊拉克和科威特，西面和西南面是沙特阿拉伯、巴林和卡塔尔，南面和东南面则是阿拉伯联合酋长国和阿曼的一部分。