I recently had an arguement with a Kuwaiti friend who tells me that the true name of the Middle Eastern gulf is actually Arabian gulf. what do you think? PERSIAN OR ARABIAN GULF?
2007-01-15 07:53:07 · 11 answers · asked by shmirghasemi 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
it is Persian gulf...
and the Persian gulf will remain Persian gulf...
the Arab country cannot make history for themselves by changing the name of Persian gulf !!!
This gulf named Persian gulf about 3500 years ago ....the time Arab country was not exit !
2007-01-15 18:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by NiGhT 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's the Persian Gulf. They were there long before the arabs.
The Persian civilisation began over 100,000 years ago and the Arabs tried to rename the Gulf in the 1960s, so you work it out.
"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) to refer to the waterway. This is controversial and not commonly used outside of the Arab world, nor is it recognized by the United Nations 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. "Arabian Gulf" is also an ancient name for the Red Sea."
2007-01-17 11:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by Samiya 2 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Persian gulf but the locals are rebels and refer to it as the Arabian Gulf, after all the Persians lost there power a long time ago
2007-01-15 23:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Depends who you ask. Iranians will tell you the correct name is the Persian Gulf which was certainly it's given name in the early nineteen hundreds. But after Persia became Iran a lot of the other Arab states like Kuwait began calling it the Arabian Gulf which is more common today. A lot of Iranians, however, still cling to the original name.
2007-01-15 08:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
The correct name is the Persian Gulf. I am sure that it must `needle` some Arabs, in the same way that the English Channel must `needle` some of the French !
2007-01-15 09:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Its the Persian Gulf, tell your slow friend to pull out a map and look at it.
2007-01-15 08:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by bmw4909 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I think its Persian Gulf.
2007-01-15 07:57:44 · answer #7 · answered by Kamran H 1 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Depends on your point of view some people might call it the Iranian Gulf
2007-01-15 08:01:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Persian gulf it is..although i would not recommend a cruise up it.
2007-01-15 07:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
im thinking(not fact or anything) that people in that area might call it the arabian gulf but when looking it up and most people proably say its persian im not sure though just my thought =]
2007-01-15 07:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by Washington King of the Interwebz 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋