Persian Gulf not Ar gulf
Dear Sir/Madam,
I noted that you have used the term "Arabian Gulf" instead of the
historical term of the Persian Gulf in your Web site;
http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_40997.shtml
I would like to point out that according to all historical/geographical
documents, also United Nations' directives, the name of this
waterway which separates Iran (Persia) from Saudi Arabia is the
PERSIAN GULF :
UN Links :
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/westasia.pdf
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iran.pdf
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/docs/escwa.pdf
You can visit this page for some maps & documents and see even Arab
scholars until 1960s used "Al-Khalij Al-Farsi" (Arabic name
of the "Persian Gulf");
http://www.persiangulfonline.org/maps.htm
"Arabian Gulf" in fact is the ancient name of the present-day "Red Sea"
(located between Arabia and Africa).
May I ask you to kindly use the proper term in your website?
Thanks so much for your attention.
Sincerely,
Pejman Akbarzadeh
Member of "ARTISTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS" (Tehran Chapter)
http://artistswithoutfrontiers.com/pakbarzadeh/index.html