Arabian or Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf


The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.[1]

The Persian Gulf was the focus of the Iraq-Iran War that lasted from 1980 to 1988, with each side attacking the other's oil tankers. In 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was called the Persian Gulf 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 natural environment of the Persian Gulf is very rich with good fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant pearl oysters, but its ecology has become increasingly under pressure from the heavy industrialisation and in particular the repeated major petroleum spillages associated with recent wars fought in the region.


from Wikipedia.org

Naming dispute

A historical map is altered to erase the word "Persian" from the Persian Gulf in a Dubai museum, United Arab Emirates.
Main article: Persian Gulf naming dispute

Since the 1960s with the rise of Arab nationalism (Pan-Arabism), starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Republic of Egypt, some Arab countries, including the ones bordering the Persian Gulf, have adopted the term "Arabian Gulf" (in Arabic: الخلیج العربي al-khalīj al-ʿarabī) to refer to the waterway.[6] This is controversial and not commonly used outside of the Arab world, nor is it recognized by the United Nations⁷[8][9] and other international organizations. The United Nations on many occasions has requested that only "Persian Gulf" be used as the official and standard geographical designation for the body of water.[10] "Arabian Gulf" is also an ancient name for the Red Sea.[11] Hecataeus (472 to 509 B.C.) can be stated where Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf (Red Sea) have been clearly shown. Also a map has remained from Herodotus, the great Greek historian (425-484 B.C.) which introduces Red Sea as the Arabian Gulf. [12]




For more infoemation and Map:
www.thepersiangulf.org

MY LAST POST FOR GKISSEBERTH AND HOW THINK THAT WE WANT CHANGE THE FACT OF HISTORY OF GEOGHRAPHY .

ONLY READ ALL MY POST CAREFULY, DO NOT DROP ANY WORD TO KNOW WHAT FACT OF ARABS … OUR FREIND .

AND AFTER YOU READ THE ALL IF WE TAKE ANY THING FROM YOU , I PRAY TO ALLAH OUR ILAH TO BACK IT TO YOU FROM US AS FAST NOT LATER, TO DAY NOT TOMORROW …

SALAM WA RHANATU ALLAH …

My dear Arab friend,

We Iranians do care about our country and names relating to it, specially when those names are recognised by UN and other world organizations for many many years, and if suddenly lets say somebody by the name of Nasser of Egypt or Saddam of Iraq or sheik Mohamad of Dubai,  just for the sake of their own political achievements start calling the Persian Gulf something else, what does this indicate? is this an Israeli conspiracy? I dont think so !

The name is just a name, but if some influential people start menddling with it, then it will get sensitive, so my advice is that  just leave the historical names alone ! the Persian Gulf will be just that for many more years to come, no matter what.

Really
When we are able to accept the fact …
Its a great gift from allah

ALL OF OUR PERSIAN BROTHERS ,

EVENIF, ALL OF WORLD COUNTERIES STAND TO CHANGE ANY FACT , THE FACT STILL THE FACT … ONLY IF ALLAH WILLS SOMETHINGS ANOTHER …

WHEN YOUR COUNTERY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO IRAN AT 1936, THAT NEVER MEAN THAT YOU OR WE OR ANY OTHERS WOULD BE CHANGING THAT OLD HISTORICAL FACTS WHICH NAMED BY PERSIAN LAND …

FOR ARABS :

http://www.alahwaz.org/99.htm

PERSIAN GULF FOR EVER

Dear Roshandal

It is Not Arabian \not persian Gulf . It is American Gulf now we have frist to be indebendent then all thing will be ok we can it solve its name Am i right?

there is no any arab gulf in the world.

calling persian gulf to arab gulf is like that we call france to england.

persian gulf will remain persian for always.

What's in the name!, if you don't agree on those names than name it blink. The main problem is that we associate things according to our egos and this create disharmony all around us. This is just a futile debate that we are more superior and you are less. This is a game to divide and rule some specific geographical locality. Haven't we learned something from the history?!!! and than we say history repeat itself….because like insane person we repeat the same mistake again and again and expect different results.

What about the arabian-persian Gulf to stop this silly argument? Oh then we will fight if it is the arabian-persian or persian-arabian?!!!!!! This is "the state of ignorance" itself.

Muhammed PBUH said: "o people, your God in one, and your father is one, there is no preference between arabian and non-arabian, or between black and white just in piety"

THE TWO NAMES ARE WELL ACCEPTED ,IN MY OPINION : ARABIAN OR PERSIAN GULF .