Please see the talk page before changing PersianGulf to Arab or Arabian Gulf. Image PersianGulfArabStates english.PNG thumb right 300px Arabstates of the PersianGulfArabstates of the PersianGulf or ArabGulfstates or Arabian PersianGulf or PersianGulfArabstates or Arabic PersianGulfStates , are terms that refer to the six Arabstates of Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , Qatar , Kuwait , Bahrain and Oman , bordering the PersianGulf . These six nations are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC . Although Iraq is considered an Arab state and shares a small border with the PersianGulf, it is not usually included in the designation. Economy All of the Arabstates of the PersianGulf have significant revenues from oil and gas and, with the exception of Saudi Arabia, have ... Main Culture of the ArabStates of the PersianGulf The PersianGulfArabstates share a regional culture that is sometimes referred to as khaleeji gulf culture . They all speak the Gulf Arabic ..., etc. Most Arabs living near the PersianGulf also trace their ancestry back to Arab tribes of either ... Middle East Gulf Cooperation Council GCC , aka Cooperation Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf CCASG ... 11 http www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0810854635 Historical Dictionary of the GulfArabStates J. E. Peterson 1998 , The ArabGulfStates Steps Toward Political Participation , ISBN 0 275 92881 0 ... GulfStates , ISBN 0 87609 151 6 Atif A. Kubursi 1984 , Oil, Industrialization and Development in the ArabGulfStates , ISBN 0 7099 1566 7 Gordon Robison 1996 , Lonely Planet ArabGulfStates , ISBN ... Identity in the ArabGulfStates , eds. Alanoud Alsharekh, Robert Springborg, Saqi Books , 2008 ... from the Gulfstates, which is the reason why it is not considered a Gulf state. All six of these states ... particularly Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait . The pearling industry collapsed ... have yet been held. ref Gerd Nonneman, Political Reform in the Gulf Monarchies Fom Liberalisation ... more details
There are many aspects of culture in the Arabstates of the PersianGulf . While being Arab culture Arab at its core, it has been influenced by the cultures of Culture of India India , Persian culture Persia , and East Africa , because of extensive trade links. Music and dance Ardha Sawt music Fijiri Yowla M alayah Khaliji music Samri Fann At Tanbura Liwa music Language and literature Gulf Arabic Bahrani Arabic Cuisine Machboos Goozi Mandi food Mahyawa Harees Image Dishdasha.jpg Men wearing thobe in Oman thumb Dress Thobe Bisht clothing Ghutra Agal Gahfia Msar Other Image WindTower.JPG thumb top right 200px A badgeer wind tower in Muharraq , Bahrain Mabkhara Bukhoor Abra boat Dhow Dewaniya also known as majlis Badgeer Qarqe an See also Outline of culture Culture of Bahrain Culture of Kuwait Culture of Oman Culture of Saudi Arabia Outline of Bahrain Outline of Kuwait Outline of Oman Outline of Saudi Arabia References http books.google.com books?id 5vsMAQAAMAAJ Popular Culture and Political Identity in the ArabGulfStates , eds. Alanoud Alsharekh, Robert Springborg, Saqi Books , 2008 MEast stub Category Culture by region Category Arabic culture fr Culture au Moyen Orient ... more details
Use dmy dates date November 2011 Rugby union in the Arabstates of the PersianGulf is a minor, but growing sport. The Arabian Gulf rugby union team is currently ranked 40th in the International Rugby Board s world rankings ref http www.irb.com en World Rankings world rankings full.htm Official IRB World Rankings , ref which ranks the IRB s ninety five full member countries. Out of 4645 registered rugby union players in the PersianGulf region, 2950 are pre teens or teenagers . ref http www.irb.com unions union 11000056 index.html Official IRB statistics on Arabian Gulf RFU ref Governing body The governing body for rugby in the Arabstates of the PersianGulf, until 2010, is the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Arabian Gulf RFU , whose headquarters are located in Dubai , United Arab Emirates. The AGRFU was founded in 1977, and joined the IRB in 1990. ref name Completerugby Bath, Richard ed. The Complete Book of Rugby Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1 86200 013 3 p62 ref At the end of 2010, the AGRFU was broken up, with new unions to be established in each member country, as announced in January 2009 by the IRB. The first national union to be formed from the AGRFU is expected to be that of the UAE. ref name Breakup cite press release url http www.irb.com newsmedia mediazone pressrelease newsid 2028501.html major boost west asia title Major boost for West Asia publisher International Rugby Board date 16 January 2009 accessdate 19 January 2009 ref The Arabian Gulf rugby union team AGRFU ... rugby sevens tournaments, and for a number of years a team has been sent from the PersianGulf to the Hong ... clubs, the Dubai Sevens has encouraged the setting up of a number of Arab teams. ref name Islam ... independent of it in the near future. ref name Breakup 2007 Asian Nations Series The Arabian Gulf ... in Arabian Gulf Category Rugby union in Bahrain Category Rugby union in Dubai Category Rugby union ... Category Rugby union in the United Arab Emirates ... more details
regions, and of the current state of affairs in the wealthy oil states, in which many South Asian workers are living abroad in Arabstates of the PersianGulf . Dishes Kuwaiti cuisine Gabout ... quantities of Arabic coffee . In an average Arab household in the PersianGulf , a visitor might ... cuisines have influenced, or have been influenced by the Arab cuisine of the PersianGulf, either ... dish. Arabic cuisine of the Gulf includes cuisines that are shared by most Arab populations in the PersianGulf area. History Image PersianGulf map.png thumb left 250px Map of the PersianGulf and surrounding countries. Image Dattes Lagou.JPG right thumb Fresh Phoenix dactylifera date ..., Indian, Arabian, and Persian cuisines and eventually their vicarious adoption by the North Africans. Ingredients Arab cuisine of the PersianGulf today is the result of combination of diverse cuisines, incorporating Lebanon Lebanese , India n, Chinese, and Persian cooking styles, and many items not originally indigenous to the PersianGulf region, which were most probably imported on the dhow ... , barley , rice and meat , ref cite web title Culture of United Arab Emirates author Advameg, Inc. year 2010 accessdate December 25, 2010 url http www.everyculture.com To Z United Arab Emirates.html ... butterfat . Due to the nomadic nature of the original Arab tribes, their food preferences changed ... with ancient civilizations such as the Roman empire Romans , Persian empire Persians , and later ... Asia n cultures, the culinary heritage can find its root in either Persian cuisine Persian , Indian cuisine Indian , or Chinese cuisine Chinese cuisine. In fact the food structure of Persian Arabian ... Turkish empire , Arab culture came in contact with the Ottoman empire Turkish contributions to the Arabian ... and mutton lamb to the areas they traveled to or conquered including the Persian empire and the Turkish ..., was significant in forming the current modern Arab diet. Interestingly, Arabs later on transferred ... more details
in Arabstates, pollution particularly by oil spills caused during the PersianGulf war and also ... Cartographic english htmain.htm ref known as the PersianGulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or simply The Gulf by most Arabstates , ref name LINK ... on the PersianGulf are referred to as the PersianGulfStates . Iraq s egress to the gulf is narrow ... into PersianGulf or Persian Sea . Until the 1960s Arab countries used the term PersianGulf ... Arabian ARAMCO map using the name PersianGulf ref however with the rise of Arab nationalism Pan Arabism in the 1960s, most Arabstates started adopting the term Arabian Gulf lang ar ... states of the Gulf Cooperation Council is the PersianGulf. For political reasons, Arabs often ... in Alvin J. Cottrell ed. , The PersianGulfStates A General Survey. Baltimore Johns Hopkins University ... by the Arabstates bordering on the Gulf of the expression al Khalij al Arabi as weapon in the psychological ... Empire maintained varying degrees of political control over some of the PersianGulfstates .... Bahrain an island in the PersianGulf, is itself a PersianGulfArab state. Geographically the biggest ... See also Arab cuisine of the PersianGulf Cradle of civilization Deluge prehistoric Gulf of Aden .... Infobox Ocean Ocean name PersianGulf image Ocean PersianGulf vue satellite du golfe persique.jpg caption Ocean PersianGulf from space image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Western Asia coords ... min area km2 251000 depth m 50 max depth m 90 The PersianGulf , in Western Asia , is an extension .... accessed October 9, 2010 ref The PersianGulf was the focus of the 1980 1988 Iran Iraq War , in which each side attacked the other s oil tanker s. In 1991, the PersianGulf again was the background for what was called the PersianGulf War or the Gulf War when Iraq invaded Kuwait and was subsequently pushed back, despite the fact that this conflict was primarily a land conflict. The PersianGulf ... more details
Refimprove date March 2007 PersianArab generally refers to people who are of both Arab people Arab and Persian people Persian ethnic or cultural background. History and current situation In pre Islamic times, there were many Arabs who lived in the cultural sphere of Persia and who use Persian as their written language. These are referred to as Persian Arabs in Arabic al ?arab al furas ..., soldiers or religious figures . In other words, they have PersianArab roots. Among Muslims in South Asia, especially in Pakistan see languages of Pakistan , both Arabic and Persian are considered ... to be of Persian or Arab descent. Self identification The term PersianArab is rarely used as a self appellation. Most tend to identify more strongly as either Persian or Arab and consider themselves ... to be of PersianArab descent. Some prefer ethnic labels that highlight Arab or Persian ancestry ... Persian people Category Arab diaspora ... Arabic. One of Muhammed s early followers, Salman Al Farsi , was Persian. After the rise of Islam and the Arab conquest of Persia, Persians in turn began to use Arabic as their written language. Many .... During the various Islamic kingdoms and empires, there was much intermixture between Persian and Arabs ... they live or from which their recent ancestors came from. In Arab countries Many Arabs in Iraq , Kuwait , Bahrain , United Arab Emirates UAE and the other Arabstates of the PersianGulfGulfstates are of Persian descent. Most tend to consider themselves as Arabs, while at the same time being aware of their Persian roots. In Iraq, Shi ite Arabs tend to sympathise with Iran more than Sunnis, because ... see Greater Iran , headline Iraq . However, Persian speakers in the above countries often consider themselves to be Persians or Iran ians. There are 455,000 Persian speakers in Iraq, 80,000 in UAE ... Ahvaz and consider their mother tongue to be Arabic, though almost all are bilingual in Persian ... more details
Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf CCASG image flag GCC Flag.svg symbol type Logo image symbol Cooperation Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf.svg image map PersianGulfArabStates english.PNG ... states of the PersianGulf Iran Arab relations US Middle East Free Trade Area US MEFTA Euro Mediterranean ... 1981, the original Council comprised the convert 630 e6acre km2 adj on PersianGulfstates of the United ... date August 2011 There are six member states of the Cooperation Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf ... sg.org eng The Cooperation Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf Secretariat General GCC state uncollapsed ... OMR Qatari riyal QAR Saudi riyal SAR UAE dirham AED The Cooperation Council for the ArabStates of the Gulf CCASG lang ar , also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC , is a political and economic union of the Arabstates bordering the PersianGulf and located on or near the Arabian Peninsula, namely Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar ... title Regional Monetary Integration in the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council publisher ... http www.arabtimesonline.com kuwaitnews pagesdetails.asp?nid 10186&ccid 12 Arab Times GCC states ... 2011 ref Iran and Iraq , who also border the PersianGulf , are not members. The associate membership ... on the PersianGulf , Yemen is on the Arabian peninsula and shares a common culture and history with other ... connected to the GulfStates. Although Morocco is not near the gulf, the Moroccan foreign ... States of the Gulf Category International organizations of Asia Category International organizations of the Middle East Category PersianGulf countries Category International economic organizations ... United Arab Emirates admin center type Headquarters admin center Riyadh , Saudi Arabia languages type ... Presidency Supreme Council Presidency leader name2 United Arab Emirates established event1 As the GCC ... states ref population estimate rank population estimate year 2012 population density km2 17.37 population ... more details
pp semi indef Image ArabGulf maps.jpg right thumb 300px Upper The World Wide Atlas 1897 . br Lower Harmsworth s New Atlas of the World circa 1922 The Arab s Gulf , also known as the ArabGulf or Arab Bay all translating the Arabic name Khalij el Arab , is a large bay to the west of Alexandria in Egypt . It is not to be confused with the Arabian Gulf a historic name for the Red Sea or the Arabian Sea . It contains the southernmost point of the Levantine Sea , which lies about 92 km WSW of the center of Alexandria. Geologically, the Gulf is the result of the ArabGulf Synclinal Basin, one of a succession of syncline s along the northern coast of Africa. ref Integral Consult, Cairo http www wds.worldbank.org external default WDSContentServer WDSP IB 2006 02 21 000011823 20060221153642 Rendered INDEX E12870v10EIA0A1aft0Revised020010005.txt General Structural Setting Of Northern Egypt from environmental report to World Bank ref Just west of the apex of the Gulf is a community, developed as an oil port but now a resort, which had little significance before the Second World War El Alamein , site of the famous First Battle of El Alamein 1942 battles . References Reflist coord 30 55 N 29 05 E region EG type waterbody display title Category Bays of Egypt Category Gulfs of the Mediterranean fa ru ... more details
GulfStates can refer to States of the Gulf Coast of the United States Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida Arabstates of the PersianGulf Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates disambig ... more details
Gulf, certain Arabstates have mounted efforts to remove Persian from the name of the waterway. http ... Khatami , the council mentioned the campaign launched recently by certain Arabstates to re name Persian ...citation style date February 2012 rewrite date April 2012 National PersianGulf Day is a very important ... cities of the PersianGulf . ref http english.irib.ir news political item 60225 persiangulf national day in foreign ministry IRIB ref The PersianGulf , in Western Asia , is an extension of the Indian ... 9, 2010 ref According to the book Documents on the PersianGulf s name the eternal heritage of ancient time the term PersianGulf and its equivalents have been used continuously since 400 BC, but in 1964 the Arab league ratified a change of the name the Arabian Gulf. Apparently, this change was not accepted ... and the geographers of Iran asking the government to preserve the heritage name of the Persiangulf ... military campaign against the Portuguese navy in the PersianGulf, driving the Portugal Portuguese ... International 065233849.htm Iran names PersianGulf national day , Retrieved on 26 February 2009. ref ref http www.tehrantimes.com index View.asp?code 218557 Iranians to observe PersianGulf Day , The Tehran ... issued a series of stamps commemorating the the national day of PersianGulf . ref http www.wnsstamps.ch en stamps IR003.08 PersianGulf stamps , Retrieved on 26 February 2009. ref http upload.wikimedia.org wikipedia commons archive 3 3a 20120202072413 21Persian gulfPersian sea.JPG File Old map.JPG thumb parssea &persiangulf File Map16.jpg thumb Book documents on the persiangulf s name Image ... of the Erythraean Sea . References references documentary on the persiangulf history http www.youtube.com ... documentary on the name of Persiangulf documentary on persiangulf http www.youtube.com watch?v zzT s5brZMk http presstv.com detail 177594.html Documents on the PersianGulf s name the eternal ... documentary on the name Persiangulf . who suggested the national day of Persiangulf september2003 ... more details
by certain Arabstates to rename PersianGulf as the drive behind the decision. ref http www.muslimherald.com ... years, due to increased cooperation with ArabPersianGulfStatesstates of the PersianGulf , various ... East Bot generated title ref ref Bosworth, C. Edmund. The Nomenclature of the PersianGulf. Pages xvii xxxvi in Alvin J. Cottrell ed. , The PersianGulfStates A General Survey. Baltimore ... development occur with the adoption by the Arabstates bordering on the Gulf of the expression al ... , retrieved 24 Feb. 2009. ref Arab countries also used the term PersianGulf until the 1960s ... the PersianGulf, adopted widespread use of the term al al j al Arabiyy ArabGulf ... ref ref name un1999 cite web title Use of the terms PersianGulf , Gulf and Shatt al Arab url http ... images afshin3.gif format GIF ref United States File PersianGulf Veterans National Medal of US.jpg ... Gulf Conflict . In the United States , PersianGulf has been the label sanctioned for U.S. Government ... names, the name of the body of water that lies between Iran and the Arabstates of the Gulf Cooperation Council is the PersianGulf. For political reasons, Arabs often refer to it as the Arab ... the use of PersianGulf , e.g. in the United Arab Emirates . ref http www.allgov.com US and the World ... PersianGulf is the long established name and the best choice. Some Arab nations call it the Arabian ...File PersianGulf EN.PNG thumb 300px Map of the PersianGulf File Old map.JPG thumb 300px A 19th century map of the PersianGulf The name of PersianGulf the body of water separating the Iranian plateau from the Arabian Peninsula , historically and internationally known as the PersianGulf after the land ... in the PersianGulf by Eilts, Hermann F. International Security Vol. 5, No. 2. Autumn, 1980 , pp. 79 113. ref Rivalry between Iran and some Arabstates, along with the emergence of pan Arabism and Arab nationalism , has seen the name Arabian Gulf become predominant in most Arab countries. ref ... more details
PersianGulf is home to many island s, mostly small, distributed in the gulf s entire geographic area and administered by the neighbouring nations. Most islands are sparsely populated, with some being barren, and some utilized for communication, military, or as ship dock maritime dock s. Some of the islands in the PersianGulf are artificial island artificial y constructed islands. The artificial islands often serve as tourist resorts, housing developments, or hotels. Despite their small sizes, some of these artificial islands have caused serious hazards for the already fragile ecosystem of the gulf and its dwindling widlife mass. A few of the PersianGulf island are also historically significant, having been utilized by the ancient Persian empires, neighbouring kingdoms, and in the recent times, colonial powers such as the British empire , and the Portuguese empire . Recent globalization, and discovery of oil, has made some of the PersianGulf islands, very significant for developed nations as a source of oil and raw industrial material. Recent wars, and political unrest has also made these islands strategic military locations for foreign powers from United States America and Europe . Some PersianGulf islands are nations themselves Bahrain , a recently independent PersianGulf state, is the only gulf country, which is also an island. The biggest island geographically however, is the Qeshm island which is part of the Iran ian province of Hormozgan. The following is the list of the most important islands, and the countries that administer them respectively Bahrain Amwaj Islands Bahrain Island Hawar Islands Jidda Island Muharraq Island Nabih Saleh Sitra Umm an Nasan Umm as Sabaan Iran Abbasak Bu Musa Bu Musa Island Buneh Island Dara, Iran Dara Island Farsi Island Forur Bozorg ... Arabia Arabi Island Tarout United Arab Emirates Das island Das Dalma island Dalma Arzanah Al Qaff y MEast geo stub Category Lists of islands PersianGulf, List of islands of Category Islands of Asia ... more details
of political and economic control over several states in the PersianGulf , including the United Arab Emirates originally called the Trucial Coast States and at various times Persia , Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , and Qatar . Historical background until 1900 British interest in the PersianGulf originated ... was responsible for conducting British foreign policy in the PersianGulf, as well as concluding various treaties, agreements and engagements with PersianGulfstates in its capacity as the Crown s regional ... policy with PersianGulfstates this responsibility went to the Foreign Office on April 1, 1947. The Trucial States British activity in the PersianGulf was primarily a commercial pursuit. Thus ... applied to all resident classes in PersianGulfstates, but was later limited to British subjects ... States at Dubai . 1946 Headquarters of the PersianGulf residency is moved from Bushire to Bahrain. 1962 ... to withdraw from the PersianGulf, including the Trucial States, by 1971. ref Ramazani 1975 , Iran ... residents of the PersianGulf for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States 1822 1823 ...The British residency of the PersianGulf was an official colonial subdivision i.e., Resident title residency ... side of the PersianGulf this was followed by another residency in Basar several years ... Gulf. ref Curzon, George 1892 , Persia and the Persian Question , 2 vols., London, p. 451 ref Whether ... Resident for the PersianGulf. ref The first officer appointed to this new post was Captain ... extension and modification, this treaty formed the basis of British policy in the PersianGulf ... in the PersianGulf. Articles 6 and 10 authorized the British Residency in the PersianGulf to act ..., the PersianGulf residency left its location in Bu ehr and relocated to a new base in Bahrain ... agents the resident preserved close connections with PersianGulf rulers simultaneously protecting ... exercised in certain PersianGulf territories since 1925. Extraterritorial jurisdiction was ceded to Britain ... more details
update date November 2010 One source date March 2008 Image PersianGulf EN.PNG thumb 300px Map of the PersianGulf This article deals with territorial dispute s between Sovereign state states of in and around the PersianGulf in Southwestern Asia . These states include Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar , the United Arab Emirates UAE , and Oman . Background Image Strait of hormuz.jpg thumb British map showing the Strait of Hormuz Before the oil era, the PersianGulfstates made little effort to delineate their territories. Members of Tribes of Arabia Arab tribe s felt loyalty ... began with the gradual encroachment of the Ottoman Empire on British interests in the PersianGulf .... The concept of the nation state modern state introduced into the PersianGulf region by the European ... on the future of the tiny PersianGulf state, but the British refused and in turn suggested a method ... of the PersianGulf between Iran and the UAE. The Iranians reasserted their historic claims to the islands ... point of contention in the PersianGulf was the Bahraini claim to Zubarah on the northwest coast ... the League of ArabStatesArab League that supported Kuwait against Iraqi pressure soon replaced ... and had probably been scavenging for military supplies abandoned after the Gulf War PersianGulf ... Emirates Foreign relations of Oman DEFAULTSORT Territorial Disputes In The PersianGulf Category PersianGulf Category Disputed territories in the PersianGulf Disputed territories in the Persian ... and order in the Gulf, and British officials arbitrated local quarrels. After the withdrawal of these forces ... Arab Emirates country study . Helem Chapin Metz, ed. Library of Congress , Federal Research Division ..., based on its history of being a part of the Persian Empire and its seventeenth century defeat of the Portuguese Empire Portuguese and its subsequent occupation of the Bahrain archipelago. The Arab ... and the role Britain played in this scenario had a major effect on the independence of the Persian ... more details
to the Persia n and Arab ports of the PersianGulf . The ships that traded in the PersianGulf were ...Infobox Military Conflict conflict PersianGulf Campaign partof image File Persiangulf dubai mus.JPG 300px caption Map of the PersianGulf, 1851. Charts like this were first developed as a consequence of this campaign. date September &mdash December 1809 place Straits of Hormuz in the PersianGulf result ... Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet Lionel Smith commander2 Piracy in China The PersianGulf Campaign , in 1809, was an operation by a British Royal Navy to force Arab people Arab pirates to cease their raids on British ships in the PersianGulf , particularly on the Persian and Arabian coasts of the Straits ... charts of the PersianGulf were inaccurate or incomplete at the time, pirate ships could hide from Wainwright ..., often leaving the country ships in the PersianGulf undefended. As French raiders were rare in the Gulf ... for the slower sloops once the force had reached the PersianGulf. Nereide arrived at Bushire on 14 ... the Southern PersianGulf. ref name RG89 Pirates in the Arabian Sea In April 1808, despite ... HMS Phaeton and HMS Dedaigneuse HMS Dedaigneuse to the PersianGulf, pirate dhows appeared off Gujerat ... damage on the pirate forces in the PersianGulf to have been a success. ref name WLC446 Clowes, p ... to totally halt piracy in the PersianGulf. By 1811, when much of the Royal Navy and HEIC ... charts of the PersianGulf were inaccurate or incomplete, thus allowing pirate ships ... East India Company flag.svg 22px East India Company combatant2 Loose confederation of Arab pirate ... to the region, following an escalation in pirate attacks on British shipping in the PersianGulf after the French established diplomatic missions in Muscat, Oman Muscat and Tehran in 1807 ... Hope and Java and the French bases on le Bonaparte and Mauritius le de France , leaving the PersianGulf and Arabian Sea largely undefended. In addition, convoy guardships were needed to escort ... more details
64.htm Army Corps of Engineers in the PersianGulf ref At this same time, the Iranian District of the North ... designated as the PersianGulf Service Command, and in December 1943 became the PersianGulf Command ... that went through the mountains from the PersianGulf to the Russian border. But Friedrich Paulus found ... in Iran, 1942, taken by Charles L. Twitchell, World War II veteran stationed in the PersianGulf Between 1942 and 1945, the United States helped to equip Russia with 192 thousand trucks and thousands ...&pg PA345&dq Donald H. Connolly persiangulf command world war ii&hl en&ei Y5INTdD7D8GqlAeV3t3KDA ... article, Gen. Connolly Replaced Gen. Booth Takes Charge of PersianGulf Command , New York Times, 8 January 1945 ref References Reflist External links http pgcvowwii.homestead.com home.html PersianGulf Command Veterans Organization http www.parstimes.com history persiangulf command PersianGulf ... www.history.army.mil books wwii persian index.htm The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia . United States ... View from a hilltop in Iran, 1942, taken by Charles L. Twitchell, World War II veteran stationed in the PersianGulf Conditions in Persia were new and foreign, and hotter than anything Americans had previously ... of the aircraft assembly plant at Abadan, Iran Abadan , Iran, the United States Army Air Force ... of 1943, the meeting of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston ... of the United States Army Category World War II Middle East Theatre Category Iran United States relations Category Soviet Union United States relations ... more details
Infobox video game title PersianGulf Inferno image Image PersianGulfInferno box.jpg 250px PersianGulf Inferno box art developer Parsec Software publisher Innerprise Software designer engine released 1989 in video gaming 1989 genre Action adventure game Action adventure modes Single player ratings platforms Amiga , Atari ST , Commodore 64 media Floppy disk requirements input Joystick PersianGulf Inferno is a Side scrolling video game side scrolling action adventure game released for the Amiga in 1989, and the Atari ST and Commodore 64 in 1990. The game was originally designed and developed by a Danish team of Amiga programmers called Parsec. Team members were Kevin Mikkelsen, Allan Pedersen and Jim Rankenberg. Clear External links moby game id persiangulf inferno Category 1989 video games Category Action adventure games Category Amiga games Category Atari ST games Category Commodore 64 games action adventure videogame stub ... more details
PersianGulf conflict may refer to Iran Iraq War , 22 September 1980 20 August 1988 7 years, 334 days Gulf War , 2 August 1990 28 February 1991 210 days Operation Desert Shield officially ended 30 November 1995 Iraq War , 20 March 2003 15 December 2011 8 years, 239 days disambig ... more details
notability date September 2011 The PersianGulf Online Organization or PGO , also known as PersianGulf ... dedicated to preserving and protecting the historical name of the PersianGulf , ref name Payvand2 cite web title Iran Heritage, PersianGulf Online, and Iran Alliance 2008 url http www.payvand.com ... title PersianGulf Organization PGO Charity In Alhambra California url http www.charity charities.org ... the world. ref name gp cite web title We Stand Corrected Daniel Pourkesali From the PersianGulf Organization On The Importance of Names url http www.greenprophet.com 2009 04 persiangulf organization ... via the internet. On their website, current news about the PersianGulf, maps, articles, bibliographies about the PersianGulf, conferences, and other information can be found. ref name gp cite ... correct name of the waters is the PersianGulf. Two weeks later, British Airways acknowledged ... with National Geographic Society National Geographic about naming PersianGulf. After that Iran s government ... Geographic and wanted to use the same name of PersianGulf according to its history. ref name ... cite web last Akbarzadeh first Pejman title Distorting the Name of the PersianGulf Continues url http ... ref name irt cite web title Name of PersianGulf registered in 1,800 maps url http www.irantoulouse.com ... gp cite web ref National PersianGulf s Day In January 2004, PGO offered Ministry of Culture and Islamic ... of National PersianGulf s Day . ref name aftab It was approved by the government in July ... 2011 newspaper ref PGO had also offered the government to publish PersianGulf Postage ... www.charity charities.org Category Non governmental organizations Category PersianGulf Organization ... 2011 ref ref name Ghasedak cite web last Layeghi first Babak title The Arabian Gulf? url http www.ghasedakonline.com ... 29 September 2011 language Persian month 11 year 2008 ref Board members PGO was established in 1999 by Mohammad Ala , a Persian professor, ref cite web title An Iran we could love url http pandora.nla.gov.au ... more details
Christian s reached Basra ancient Perat d Maishan , near the shores of the PersianGulf by the beginning of the fourth century. According to the Chronicle of Seert , ref pp. 236 & 292. ref Bishop David of Perat d Maishan was present at the Council of Seleucia Ctesiphon , around 325, and sailed as far as India . Gregory Bar Hebraeus , Chron. Eccles , 2.10 v. 3, col. 28 indicates that David had earlier ordained one of the other bishops present at the Council. The monk Jonah is said to have established a monastery in the PersianGulf on the shores of the black island in the middle of the fourth century. ref Peter Hellyer, Nestorian Christianity in Pre Islamic UAE and Southeastern Arabia , Journal of Social Affairs 18.72 2001 , 79 92, and original text referenced in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis , 527 530. ref A Nestorian Church Nestorian Diocese bishopric was established at Rev ardashir, nearly opposite the island of Kharg, in Southern Persia , before the Council of Dadisho in AD 424. From the fifth century onward the area fell under the jurisdiction of the Assyrian Church of the East . Christian sites have been discovered dating from that time until after the advent of Islam in the region at Failaka , Kharg, Iran Kharg , Jubail Jubayl and the nearby settlements of Thaj, al Hinnah and Jabal Berri, and Sir Bani Yas . A suspected church at Marawah, United Arab Emirates Marawah was later shown to be a Neolithic site. Bahrain historical region By the fifth century the historical ... the southern shores of the PersianGulf , with Samahij being the seat of bishops. It was a center ... PersianGulf Category History of the Middle East Category Religion in the Middle East Category Christianity in the Middle East Category PersianGulf fr Chr tiens de la p ninsule Arabique ..., The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity, Vol. II 1990 , p. 245. ref Jabal Berri Not far to the South of Jubail ... coast of the United Arab Emirates , an extensive monastic and eccelesiastical complex has been found ... more details
Infobox bridge bridge name PersianGulf Bridge native name native name lang Persian image image size alt caption official name other name carries crosses locale Qeshm , Iran owner maint id architect designer engineering design material length 2.2km width 22m height mainspan spans pierswater load clearance below life builder fabricator begin 14 March 2011 complete September 2012 cost 650 million open inaugurated toll traffic preceded followed heritage collapsed closed replaces map cue map image map alt map text map width coordinates lat long references extra The PersianGulf Bridge is a 2.2 km long bridge currently under construction that will link Qeshm Island to mainland Iran . ref http www.presstv.ir detail 169858.html ref References references coord missing Iran Category Bridges under construction Category Bridges in Iran fa ... more details
Wikify date April 2011 Refimprove date September 2009 Quoin Island Oman also As Salamah Island and Great Quoin Island is the traditional way point used by ships to define the entrance or exit from the Persian Gulf . Once a ship is declaired a position of Passed Quoin Inbound the insurance rates for the ship will increase. Quoin Island is at 28.31N. 56.31E. Quoin Island Oman, is not to be confused with Quoin Island Yemen, which is in the Red Sea and also has a lighthouse, or Quoin Island in the Torres Strait of Australia, neither of which are way points. External links http maps.google.co.uk maps?hl en&q quoin 20island 20gulf&um 1&ie UTF 8&sa N&tab wl cite rowlett omn Links to the same article in other languages if the articles exist already see Help Interlanguage links coord 26 30 N 56 31 E display title region OM type isle source GNS enwiki Category Islands of Oman es Isla As Salama ... more details
Infobox Airport name PersianGulf Airport nativename Khalije Fars Airport image image width 200 IATA PGU ICAO OIBP center Location map Iran width 200 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label PGU position right lat deg 27 lat min 22 lat sec 46 lat dir N lon deg 52 lon min 44 lon sec 15 lon dir E small Location of airport in Iran small center type Public owner Iranian Ministry of Oil operator Iranian Ministry of Oil city served Pars Special Economy Energy Zone Assaluyeh location Iran elevation f 27 elevation m 8 coordinates coord 27 22 46 N 052 44 15 E region IR type airport website http www.pseez.ir home en.html metric rwy y r1 number 13 31 r1 length m 3,997 r1 length f 13,115 r1 surface Asphalt stat year 2009 stat1 header Aircraft Movements stat1 data 6,043 stat2 header Passengers stat2 data 510,592 footnotes Source DAFIF ref name WAD WAD OIBP source DAFIF ref ref name GCM GCM OIBP source DAFIF ref ref http www.farsnews.com newstext.php?nn 8902011588 Fars News Agency 7 ref PersianGulf Airport or Khalije Fars Airport airport codes PGU OIBP is an airport in Iran . ref name WAD ref name GCM The airport is located convert 10 mi km 0 southeast of the now closed s Asalouyeh Airport s airport codes s YEH s s OIBI s . The airport has been operating since 2005 and, though small, enjoys one of the most modern passenger terminal buildings recently built in the region. There are frequent scheduled and charter passenger flights every day operated by Mahan Air , Kish Air , Iran Aseman Airlines , Taban Air , Saha Air Lines with service on the last passenger Boeing 707 s in the world and Caspian Airlines to cities across Iran, including Tehran , Mashhad , Isfahan , Shiraz , Tabriz , Ahwaz , Rasht , Kish Island and Kermanshah , with weekly international flights to Dubai , operated by Mahan Air . Development Phase ... in Iran Category Bushehr Province fa hr Zra na luka Perzijski zaljev nl PersianGulf ... more details
page Documents on the PersianGulf& 39 s name the eternal heritage of ancient time timestamp 20120502065713 ... Documents on the PersianGulf& 39 s name the eternal heritage of ancient time date 2 May 2012 result keep End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point Documents on the PersianGulf s name ... book of the 50 year book on the Persiangulf issues in Iran. a documentary film titled Persiangulf ..., Scholar 80105600 File Old map.JPG thumb parssea &persiangulf Image Map of the Periplus of the Erythraean ... has 6 chapters chapter one geographical and political issues of the PersianGulf and historical recorded documents on the Persiangulf name and recent PersianGulf naming dispute 1 1 what is the records and description of Persiangulf by early travelers and geographers. written description ... and other sources have described the Persiangulf and used the terms, Bahr i Fars , Bahr i Ajam , Bahr i Farsi , Dera i Fars all refers to Persia and are equable to Persiangulf or Persian sea . chapter ... File PersiangulfPersian sea.JPG thumb Persian sea on the early maps and maps from 1450 to 1950 Early world maps Persiangulf islands. http www.irna.ir News Politic UAE s protest to Ahmadinejad ... gulf history http www.youtube.com watch?v 3xNwSbo7n70 a historical documentary on the name of Persiangulf http www.youtube.com watch?v gicoXMuqP w&feature player embedded documentary on persiangulf http presstv.com detail 177594.html Documents on the PersianGulf s name the eternal heritage of ancient ... on the name Persiangulf . http catdir.loc.gov catdir toc fy11pdf02 2010344035.pdf http www.irna.ir ... maps of the Persiangulf http www.flickr.com photos 54272266 N06 6863021370 in photostream Coord ... Atlas History Category History of geography Category PersianGulf Category Geographical naming ... dla newbooks record.html?id NEWBOOKS 4974631 , Documents on the PersianGulf s name the eternal heritage of ancient time Author Ajam, Mu ammad. , ref is the name of a book ... more details
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