- Abdul Alhazred was known as the mad Arab. The magician
Manannan kept a copy of the Ancient Arabic Mythology in his library.
The book, The Arabian Nights has various tales from Arabia.
Some say that the Forty Thieves were lead by an Arabian Knight, and lived at the Arabian Camp in the Endless Desert near Serenia.
The Moors included decendents of the Arabs.
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Arab is term for people from areas once known as Arabia. A couple of issues of Nintendo Power refer to the bandits in KQ5 as Arabian Knights, and their camp as the Arabian Camp.