tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936702.post109916934062164839..comments2024-01-19T21:56:07.545+04:00Comments on Azad-Hye (in English): Artur Baghdassaryan tours Gulf CountriesHrach Kalsahakianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720292406683197546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936702.post-1109099595243046562005-02-22T23:13:00.000+04:002005-02-22T23:13:00.000+04:00Personally I use Arabian Gulf and Persian Gulf int...Personally I use Arabian Gulf and Persian Gulf interchangebly. Some people even use "Gulf" without any other indication. Actually Arabs used to live on the Western shores of the Gulf from time immemorial. Old historians did not know much about the Arabs who were living in that part of the Gulf, instead they knew the Persians quite well (especially through the Greco-Persian wars). <br /><br />I am aware that the geographical naming of a place bears significant meaning, for example, you know that the independent state of Azerbaijan bears the same name as a bordering region in northern Iran. The independent Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has a name identical to another bordering area in the north of Greece. <br /><br />Still I think if you take a historical map, you will see the name of locations as they used to be known during a given time. I mean during the time of Alexander the Great the Gulf was generally known to be Persian Gulf, because he was fighting the Persians not the Arabs.<br /><br />Anyway, you are right in raising the sensitivity behind the geographical names. Wide parts of todays Eastern Anatolia in Turkey are mentioned as "Armenian Highland" in old maps. Modern political maps do not mention this, but if you happen to look into a serious and detailed geographical map you might probably notice where the Armenian Highland is.Hrach Kalsahakianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720292406683197546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936702.post-1109068845439493282005-02-22T14:40:00.000+04:002005-02-22T14:40:00.000+04:00It is PERSIAN GULF. You have used a wrong name. Ch...It is PERSIAN GULF. You have used a wrong name. Check the UN resolutions about this. Why are Armenians taking the side of the forgers and thives now, forgeting about the correct historical names?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com