IOS number format showing Arabic instead of English

I live in Qatar and I have chosen my region as Qatar under General>Settings>Language and Region>Region

but I am a native of India and I would prefer to see the numbers (time for example) shown in English as I do not follow Arabic language numbers

Posted on Oct 2, 2020 12:26 AM

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Shivayah Author

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Oct 2, 2020 12:30 AM in response to Shivayah

Shivayah Author

Level 1

7 points

Oct 2, 2020 1:10 AM in response to Shivayah

I think I have to rephrase that question to “time showing in Arabic” instead of “numbers showing in Arabic” to be more specific of my problem

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