There is a current bypass as to what the name of the gulf should be called. Historically, the English speaking world has called it the Persian Gulf but it has not been until recently that Arab Gulf Countries have protested and have requested that the name be changed.
In the 5th century BC, Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty called the Persian Gulf "Draya; tya; haca; parsa: Aitiy", meaning, "The sea which goes from Persian. In this era, some of the Greek writers also called it "Persikonkaitas", meaning the Persian Gulf. Claudius Ptolemaues, the celebrated Greco-Egyptian mathematician/astronomer in the 2nd century called it "Persicus Sinus" or Persian Gulf. In the 1st century AD, Quintus Curtius Rufus, the Roman historian, designated it "Aquarius Persico" - the Persian Sea. Flavius Arrianus, another Greek historian, called it "Persiconkaitas" (Persian Gulf).
During the Sassanian dynasty and the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the 4 caliphs, the name invariably used was the "Persian Sea."[16] This was continued by the Ummayyads and Abbassids, while during the time of the Ottoman Empire, both "Persian Gulf" or "Persian Sea" were used.
Among historians, travellers and geographers of the Islamic era, many of them writing in Arabic from the 9th to the 17th century, Ibn Khordadbeh, Ibn al-Faqih, Ibn Rustah, Sohrab, Ramhormozi, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Mas'udi, Al-Mutahhar ibn Tahir al-Maqdisi(d. 966), Ibn Hawqal, Al-Muqaddasi, Ibn Khaldun, Mohammad ibn Najub Bekiran, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Abu'l-Fida, Al-Dimashqi, Hamdollah Mostowfi, Ibn al-Wardi, Al-Nuwayri, Ibn Batutta, Katip Çelebi and other sources have used the terms "Bahr-i-Fars", "Daryaye-i-Fars", "Khalij al-'Ajami" and "Khalij-i Fars" (all of which translate into "Persian Gulf" or "Persian Sea").
The United Nations Secretariat on many occasions has requested that only the term "Persian Gulf" be used as the official and standard geographical designation for the body of water.
At the Twenty-third session of the United Nations in March-April 2006, the name "Persian Gulf" was confirmed again as the legitimate and official term to be used by members of the United Nations.
Persian gulf is right
it has been Persian gulf and,is Persian gulf will remain PERSIAN GULF,the sea of pars people,
Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf are two different bodies of water but they are adjacent.
No. The Arabian Sea is West of India, and the and the Bay of Bengal is East of India. The Arabian Sea leads right into the Persian Gulf.
Persian Gulf is the more common name. Arabian Gulf is used exclusively by Arabs.
The other name for the Persian Gulf is the Arabian Gulf
Zero. The Arabian/Persian gulf is a body of water.
The other name for the Persian Gulf is the Arabian Gulf
It is the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Well, its not in the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf is the old name of the Arabian Gulf, which is a shallow sea in the middle east. The UAE is on the cost of the Persian Gulf/ Arabian Gulf
The Persian Gulf narrows into the Strait of Hormuz which then widens out to the Gulf of Oman and then that opens up into the Arabian Sea.
No, it is an inlet of the Arabian Sea, known as a 'gulf'
Persian gulf, an inlet of the Arabian sea
Arabian Peninsula
The Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea.