Persian Gulf Studies Center|Institute of Historical, Geographical, Geopolitical and Strategic Studies of the Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf Trade in Late Antiquity

The Persians made themselves important in world history with the establishment of the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century B.C.E. Their rise and cen ...

The Persian Gulf in the Geographical Views of the Ancient World

Though the main thrust of this seminar is the study of the cartography of the Persian Gulf aimed at the production of an atlas of the cartography of ...

IRGC official: Persian Gulf security is for all or none

Persian Gulf security is for all or for none, said Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for Political Affairs, Brigadier Gen ...

Persian Sea in the Avesta, Pahlavi texts and the Shahnameh

The word "darya" (sea) appears in the Avesta as "zarayangeh" and it refers to a body of water that is called in the Avesta as "Va'ooru-kash". This wor ...

In Search of Ancient Seafarers in the Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf and the adjacent regions of the Makran Sea (today known as sea of Oman) and Indian Ocean is an area of the world with a seafaring tra ...

PERSIAN GULF & IRAN'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE TUNBS & ABU MUSÂ IN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

The Persian Gulf is a crescent-shape groove which has demonstrated the encroachment of the Indian Ocean waters (Makrân Sea, also known as Gulf of Oman ...

Persian Gulf: A Name for All Seasons

This article is substantially based on a book by by Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh, Nam-e Khalij-e Fars dar Derazay-e Tarikh (The Name of the Persian Gulf thro ...

Iranians the Pioneers of Navigation in the Persian gulf

According to the writings of the ancient Greek, including Herodotus, and to the allusions made in the Aristotle's book on politics, ancient Iranians w ...

How Was a False Name for Persian Gulf Fabricated?

The historical name of the Persian Gulf is a familiar name for all the countries in the world, particularly the countries of Middle East. Commenting o ...

The Persian Gulf under Name Attack Again!

Today (01-Dec-2009) the Daily Telegraph has published an article on its website changing the name of Persian Gulf in favor of Arab plot against our co ...

Conspiracy to change a heritage name The Persian Gulf

Historical and unique name of The Persian Gulf and its equivalents in different languages has been continuously in used since 3000 years ago in all l ...

The Persian Gulf and its name

The historical name of the Persian Gulf is a familiar name for all the countries in the world, particularly the countries of Middle East. Commenting o ...

Pan Arabism's Legacy

Few Iranians (or westerners) have heard of Pan-Arab nationalists such as Satia Al-Husri, Sami Shawkat, Michel Aflaq or Khairallah Tulfah. Their versio ...

history of abu musa and the tunbs

The British Government's announcement in January 1968 of its decision of terminating Pax-Britannica in the Persian Gulf caused a sense of urgency for ...

EU-GCC resolution main source of encouragement for attack on Iranian fishing boat in Persian Gulf

Clearly the EU-GCC resolution of 19 May 2004 was the main source of encouragement for Abu Dhabi to commit the armed assault on the Iranian boat in the ...