okay, Gilgamesh won the poll; our efforts have paid off!

Just for reference: Other Middle Eastern countries include Persia, Syria, Canaan, Mesopotamia (which isn't really a country), and some others I've forgotten since last year's history class.

Other middle eastern mythology in ff games:

FFX and X-2 has a lot of persian mythology. Ahriman monsters, Azi Dhaka, Angra Mainyu bosses, Valefor aeon.