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Encyclopedia > Arabian Gulf

The controversial term Arabian Gulf, the subject of the Persian Gulf naming dispute, may refer to the: Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House, Dubai, UAE. A historic map is manipulated and altered to erase the word Persian from the Persian Gulf. ...

  • Persian Gulf, the internationally recognized name.
  • Red Sea, an older name rarely used by some European nations until the nineteenth century.

Since the 1960s, starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser and the proponents of pan-Arabism, some Arab states have often used the name Arabian Gulf[1] for the body commonly known as the Persian Gulf, even in their English publications. This is very controversial, and not commonly used outside of the Arab world, nor is it recognized by the United Nations[2][3][4][5] and other international organizations. Map of the Persian Gulf. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: - ; Masri: جمال عبد الناصر - also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser, Jamal Abd an-Nasser and other variants; January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ... Pan-Arabism is a movement for unification among the Arab peoples and nations of the Middle East. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ...


The Gulf of Aden is an Arabian gulf, but is not known as the Arabian Gulf. Gulf of Aden in 1860 The Gulf of Aden (Arabic: خليج عدن; transliterated: Khalyj Adan) is located in the Indian Ocean between Yemen on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in Africa. ...


Arabian Gulf rugby union team is a rugby team representing teams from various countries in the middle east. First international Arabian Gulf 20 - 64 Namibia (1993-06-03) Largest win Arabian Gulf 97 - 3 India (2001-04-27) Worst defeat Japan 87 - 9 Arabian Gulf (2006-04-15) The Arabian Gulf rugby union team, are a combined team of players from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and...


References

  1. ^ LookLex / Encyclopaedia
  2. ^ http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/docs/escwa.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iran.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/westasia.pdf
  5. ^ United Nations Experts on Geographical Names, Working Paper No. 61
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Arabian Gulf (63 words)
The gulf you are looking for is unavailable.
The correct name is Persian Gulf, which always has been, and will always remain, Persian.
If you typed Arabian Gulf, make sure you read some history books.
The Arabian Gulf (1451 words)
This region formed one end of the Fertile Crescent, an area of fertile land stretching from the northern end of the Arabian Gulf in a semi-circle northwest to the Nile River delta.
Another factor that facilitated trade in the Gulf was the construction of roads by the Mesopotamian civilizations northwards to connect the Gulf to the Mediterranean.
in the calm waters and shallow depths of the Gulf was an ancient pursuit.
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