As recognized by the United States Board on Geographic names, the name of the body of water that lies between Iran and the Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council is the Persian Gulf. For political reasons, Arabs often refer to it as the Arab or Arabian Gulf (The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security, and Religion edited by Gary G. Sick, Lawrence G. Potter, pg 8).
"The Arab-Iranian nomenclatural controversy over the
Gulf, which was so bitter in the late 50s and early 60s, was a by-product of
the late President Nasser of Egypt's brand of Arab nationalism ... 'Arabian
Gulf' is in fact a recent Arab appellation for that body of water..." ( Eilts, Hermann F. "Security
Considerations in the
(Note .pdf files in this article are relatively large due to their high quality and it is recommended that they are downloaded complete before they are opened).
Recently a new site by the name: www.arabiangulfmaps.com (Site A) has
popped up which claims that some 16th century maps have referred to
the body of the water as
More than 400+ authors including all the geographers
mentioned in Site A have maps that refer to the body of water
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provides a complete listing.
We will provide some scanned photos of the source which unlike site A
lists the exact source of the map. Note
from the era of the Greek classics the name Persian Gulf has been consistently
used for the body of water known today as
Chapter I:
The Earliest Known Map (ca. 3000 B.C.).......................................................... 4
The Babylonian Tablet (Second to third Millennium B.C.).............................. ..5
Anaximander of Melitus (610-546 B.C.)............................................................ 6
Hecataeus of Melitus (509-472 B.C.)................................................................. 7
S. Bochartus (1500-500 B.C.)........................................................................... ..8
Herodotus (ca.484-425 B.C.) .. ........................................................................ 10
Dicaearchus (347-285 B.C.).............................................................................. 10
Eratosthenes of
Crates ofMallos (180-145 B.C.)................................................................... ......13
Hipparchus (160-125 B.C.)............................................................................... 13
Polybius(ca.l43B.C.) ........................................................................................ 14
Possidonius (Posidonii) of Apameia (135-50 B.C.).......................................... 15
Geminus (ca!77 B.C.)...................................................................................... ..16
Strabo [Strabon] (12 B.C-58 A.D/)................................................................... 16
Pomponius Mela (ca. 42 A.D.)........................................................................ ..18
Ptolemy, Claudius (87-150 A.D.).................................................................... ..20
Dionysius Periegetes (2nd Century A.D.).......................................................... 34
Heracles, Marcianus of (ca. 330 A.D.).............................................................. 36
Honorius, Julius (Early 5th Century A.D.)......................................................... 37
Orosius (After 417 A.D.)................................................ '................................ 38
Cosmas Indicopleustes (6th Century A.D.)....................................................... 39
Isidore
of
St. Beatus (730-798 A.D.)................................................................................ 44
Chapter II: '
(From 750 to 1500A.D.)
Al-Khwarezmi, Abu Ja'far Mohammad ibn Musa (780-847 A.D. /164-233 H.) 50
Al-Kindi (801-873 A.D./185-260 H.)............................................................. ...52
Ibn Khordazbeh (820-913 A.D./205-300 H.)................................................... 54
Al-Batani (850-929 A.D./235-317 H.)............................................................. 55
Al-Balkhi (850-934 A.D./235-322 H.)............................................................. 55
Al-Mas'oudi (897-964 A.D./284-353 H.)..................................... ................... 57
Jaihani (Before 922 A.D./310 H.)................................................................ .....59
Al-Istakhri (Before 930-957 A.D./318-346 H.) .............................................. 64
Ibn Howqal (Before 931-988 A.D./320-378 H.)............... ,............................ 74
Al-Maqdesi (946/7-1000 A.D./335-390 H.)..................................................... 77
Ibn Yunos (950-1009 A.D./339-400H.)........................................................... 79
Ikhvan as-Safa (Brothers of Purity, ca.950 A.D./340 H.)................................ 80
Al-Biruni (973-1048 A.D./362-440 H.) ........................................................... 81
Al-Khwarezmi, Abu Abdullah al-Katib (ca. 975-991 A.D./365-381 H.)......... 84
Ibn al-Zarqala (Zarqali) 10?9-1087 A.D./420-480 H.)..................................... 86
Al-Kashqari (Kashghari) 11th century A.D./5th century A.H.).......................... 87
Edrisi (Idrisi, 1100-1160 AJD./493-555 H.) ............. ...................................... 89
Tusi Hamadani (ca. 1160 A.D./555 H.)............................................................ 98
Gervase of Tilbury (ca. 1160-1211 A.D.)....................................................... 100
Ibn al-'Arabi (1165-1240 A.D./560-638H.) ................................................... 101
Al-Faresi, Abu Ali al-Faresi al-Nahvi (ca. 1173 A.D./569 H.) ....................... 102
YaqutHamawi(l 179-1229 A.D./574-626H.) ............................. .!.... :...... ..... 103
Paris, Matthew (ca.l 195-1259 A.D.).............................................................. 104
Tusi, Nasir ed-Din (Khwajeh Nasir Tusi) 1201-1274 A.D./598-673 H.)........ 106
Al-Qazvini (1203-1283 A.D./600-682 H.)...................................................... 111
Ibn Sa'id (1214-1286 A.D./610-683 H.)......................................................... 116
Rubruquis, Guillaume of Rubroek (1220-1293 A.D.).................................... 118
Abul-Fida (1273-1331 A.D./672-732H.)........................................................ 119
Mustawfi, Hamdullah (1281-1349 A.D./680-750 H.) ................................... 120
Richard of Haldingham (13th-14th century A.D.) ........................................... 130
Vesconte, Petrus (14th century A.D.) ............................................................. 132
Ibn Alwardi (1292-1348 A.D./691-749 H.) ................................................... 134
Higden, Randulf (1299-1363 A.D.) .............................................................. 139
Al-Harrani (ca. 1332 A.D./732H.) ................................................................. 140
Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406 A.D./732-808H.).................................................... 142
Ailly, Pierre d' (1350-1420 A.D.)................................................................... 143
Cresques, Abraham (ca. 1375 A.D.) .............................................................. 144
Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo (1397-1482 A.D.)............................................... 146
Borgia (ca. 1410 A.D.)................................................................................... 148
Noha, Pirrus de (ca. 1414 A.D.)..................................................................... 149
Buondelmonti, Cristoforo (after 1420 A.D.).................................................. 150
Bianco, Andrea (ca. 1436-1458 A.D.)............................................................ 151
Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514 A.D.)............................................................ 152
Rosselli, Francisco (1445-1513 A.D.) ............................................................ 154
Vinci Leonardo da (1452-1519 A.D.)............................................................ 156
Behaim, Martin (1459 - 1507 A.D,)................................................................ 157
Mauro, Fra (ca. 1460 A.D.)............................................................................ 159
Cosa, Juan de la (1460-1510 A.D.)................................................................ 160
Waldseemuller, Martin (1470-1518 A.D.)...................................................... 162
Reisch, Gregorius (1470-1525 A.D................................................................ 166
Cabot, Sebastian (1474 - 1557 A.D.)............................................................. 168
Schoner, Johann (1477-1572 A.D.) ............................................................... 170
VI
Buckinck, Arnold[us] (ca. 1478-1508 A.D.)................ .................................. 172
Leo Africanus, Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Vazzan (1483-1552 A.D. / 888-960 H.) 173
Ramusio, Gian Battista (1485-1557 A.D.).................................................. .....174
Martellus, Henricus (Germanus) 15th century A.D.)........................................ 175
Minister, Sebastian (1489-1552 A.D.)............................................................. 177
Fries, Laurent (1490-1532 A.D.)..................................................................... 180
Fine, Orontius Delphinas Finaeus (1494-1555 A.D.)...................................... 184
Homen (Homem), Lopo (1497-1572 A.D.) ................................................ 188
Stabius, Johannes (1497-1522 A.D.)............................................................... 190
Honter [Grass, Honterus], Jan Coronensis (1498-1549 A.D.) ........................ 192
Chapter III:
The
(From 1500 to 1800 A.D.)
Stumpff [ius], Johannes (1500-1578 A.D.)..................................................... 198
Gastaldi, Giacomo [Jacopo] (ca. 1500-1565 A.D.)......................................... 199
Apianus, Petrus (1501-1552 A.D.).................................................................. 204
Jode, Gerard (1501-1591 A.D.)...................................................................... 206
King Hamy Map (ca. 1502 A.D.).................................................. ■.............. 207
Maggiolo [Maiollo], Vesconte di (1504-1551 A.D.)....................................... 208
Ruscelli, Girolamo (1504-1566 A.D.)............................................................. 209
Contarini, Giovanni Mathew (16th Century A.D.).......................................... 211
Ruysch, Johannes (ca. 1507-1533 A.D.)......................................................... 212
Sylvanus, Bernardus (16th Century A.D.) ...................................................... 213
Mercator, Gerhard (1512-1594 A.D.)............................................................. 215
Vespucci, Juan Giovanni (16th Century A.D.)................................................ 218
Reinel, Jorge (1518-1572 A.D.)...................................................................... 220
Metellus, Johannes Matalus (1520-1597 A.D.) ........................ ,.................... 221
Salviati, Cardinal (16th Century A.D.)............................................................ 222
Ribeiro, Diogo (16th Century A.d!) .............................................................. 224
Ortelius
of
Thome, Robert (16th Century A.D.)................................................................ 233
Rosaccio, Giuseppe (1530-1620 A.D.)........................................................... 233
Homem, Diogo (1530-1576 A.D.) ................................................................. 234
Treschel, Gaspar & Melchior (ca. 1535 A.D.)................................................. 235
Agnese, Battista (1536-1564 A.D.)................................. .,............................. 236
Anonymous Spanish Cartographer (Ca.1523 A.D.)........................................ 240
Desliens, Nicolas (16th Century A.D.)............................................................. 241
Mercator, Rumold (ca. 1545-1599 A.D.)........................................................ 242
Bunting, Heinrich (1545-1606 A.D.).............................................................. 243
Ghisolfi, Francesco (ca., 1546 A.D.)............................................................... 244
Langenes, Barent (ca.1548- ca.1602 A.D.)..................................................... 245
Al-Sharafi of Safax (Safaquesi) Family (1551-1601 A.D./959-1010 H.) ...... 246
Plancius, Petrus (1552-1622 A.D.).................................................................. 252
Speed, John (1552-1629 A.D.)....................................................................... 253
Magini, Giovanni Antonio (1555-1617 A.D.) ................................................ 255
Wright, Edward (1558-1615 A.D.) ................................................................ 256
Forlani, Paolo (fl.l560-c. 1574 A.D.).............................................................. 258
Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612 A.D.) ............................................................. 260
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van (1563-1610 A.D.)............................................. 261
Bertius, Petrus (1565-1629 A.D.) .................................................................. 262
Porro, Girolamo (fl. 1567-1599 A.D.)............................................................ 264
Bussemacher, Johannes (fl. 1580-1613 A.D.)................................................ 265
Tavernier, Melchior (the Elder) 1564-1641 A.D............................................. 266
Ziletti, Giordano (ca. 1564-74 A.D.) .................................... ..'...................... 267
Cossin, Jehan (16th Century A.D.).................................................................. 268
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638 A.D.).................................................... 269
Keere, Pieter van den (ca. 1571-1646 A.D.)................................................... 270
Langren, Henricus Florent van (1574-1604 A.D.).......................................... 272
Cluverius, Philippus (1580-1623 A.D.)........................................................... 273
Visscher [Piscator] II, Nicolaes Jansz (1649-1702 A.D.)............................... 274
Valle, Pietro Delia (1586-1625 A.D.)............................................................. 276
Jansonnius, Johannes (1588-1664 A.D.)......................................................... 277
Merian, Matthaus (1593-1650 A.D.).............................................................. 281
Eckebrecht, Philipp (1594-1667 A.D.) .......................................................... 282
Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673 A.D.)........................................................................ 284
16th Century Anonymous Cartographer after Cellarius (ca.1596 A.D.) ........ :; , 287
Hondius (Hondio), Henricus (1597-1651 A.D.) ............................................ 288
Olearius, Adam (1599-1671 A.D.)................................................................. 290
Sanson, Nicolas d'Abbeville (1600-1667 A.D.) & Mariette,
Mallet, Alain Manesson (1603-1706 A.D.) ................................................. ...292
Wit,
Vingboons, Jan [Johannes] (ca. 1617-1670 A.D.).......................................... 296
Verbiest, Ferdinand (1623-1688 A.D.)........................................................... 298
Cassini, Jean-Dominique (1625-1712 A.D.)................................................... 299
Tholing, Theodoros (ca. 1634 A.D.)............................................................... 300
Cellarius [Keller], Christophorus (1638-1707 A.D.) ...................................... 302
Schenk, Pieter (1645-1715 A.D.).................................................................... 303
Fer, Nicolas de (1646-1720 A.D.)............................................................... ....304
Isfahani, Sadeq (ca. 1647 A.D./1057 H.)....................................................... 308
Allard, Carl (1648-1709 A.D.)........................................................................ 309
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de (1648-1691 A.D.)............................................. 310
Browne, Christopher (1648-1712 A.D.) ........................................................ 311
Valk, Gerard (1650-1720 A.D.) and Leonard (1675-1755 A.D.)................... 312
Coronelli, Vicenzo Maria (1650-1718 A.D.).................................................. 313
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651- ca. 1716 A.D.)................................................... 314
Hubert, R. (ca. 1651 A.D.)......................................................................... .....315
Thornton, John (ca. 1652-1701 A.D.)......................................................... .....316
Weigelio (Weigelius), Christophoro, the Elder (1654-1725 A.D.) ................. 318
Keulen, C. van (1654-1715 A.D.) .................................................................. 323
Aa, Pieter van der (1659-1733 A.D.) ............................................................. 324
Blome, Richard (fl. 1660-1705 A.D.) ....................... .................................... 332
Mortier,
Danckerts, Theodore (1663-ca. 1727 A.D.).................................................... 335
Homann, Johann-Baptist (1663-4- 1724 A.D.)............................................... 337
Seller, John (fl. 1664-1697 A.D.).................................................................... 342
Wells, Edward (1667-1727 A.D.)................................................................... 343
VIII
Petrini, Paolo (ca. 1670- ca. 1718 A.D.).......................................................... 344
Doppelmayer, Johann Gabriel (1671-1750 A.D.)............................................ 345
Calmet, Augustin (1672-1757 A.D.)............................................................... 346
Ibrahim, Efendi, Mutafarrikan (1674-1744 A.D.)........................................ ...348
Lisle (L'Isle), Guillaume de (1675-1726 A.D.) .............................................. 349
Morden, Robert (fl.1675-1703 A.D.).............................................................. 359
Relandus (Reeland), Adrianus (1676-1718 A.D.)........................................... 360
Seutter, Matthaus (1678-1757 A.D.)............................................................... 361
Moll, Herman (1680-1732 A.D.)..................................................................... 362
Hasius, Johann Matthias Hase (1684-1742 A.D.)........................................... 366
Chatelain, Henri Abraham (1684-1743 A.D.)................................................. 367
Mount, Richard and Page, Thomas (fl. 1684-1762 A.D.)............................... 370
Nolin, Jean Baptiste (1686-1762 A.D.)........................................................... 371
Stukeley, Wilhelmus [William] (1687-1765 A.D.).......................................... 373
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles (1688-1766 A.D.).............................................. 374
Senex, John (fl. 1690-1740 A.D.) .................................................................. 382
Moullart Sanson, Pierre (fl. 1695 - 1730 A. D.).............................................. 385
d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (1697-1782 A.D.)............................... 386
Prevost,
Leth, Hendrik de (1703-1766 A.D.)............................................................... 393
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772 A.D.)...................................................... 394
Stackhouse, Thomas (1706-1784 A.D.).......................................................... 398
Tardieu, Pierre- Francois (1711-1771 A.D.).................................................... 400
Kitchin, Thomas (1718-1784 A.D.)............................................................ .....401
European Anonymous 18th Century Cartographer.......................................... 402
Bowen, Emanuel (1720-1767 A.D.)............................................................... .403
Le Rouge, George Louis (1722-1778 A.D.).................................................... 409
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier (1723-1786 A.D.)...................... :..................... 412
Ottens, Reinier (ca. 1723-1765 A.D.) ............................................................ 415
Valentyn, (Valentijn) Francois (ca. 1724-6 A.D.)........................................... 416
Desnos, Louis Charles (1725-1805 A.D.)....................................................... 417
Bonne, Rigobert (1727-1795 A.D.)................................................................. 419
Delahaye, Guillaume Nicolas (1727-1802 A.D.)............................................ .428
Mentelle, Edme (1730-1815 A.D.) ................................................................. 430
Tirion, Isaac (fl. 1732-1769 A.D.)................................................................... 432
Niebuhr, Carsten (1733-1815 A.D.)................................ ,............................... 435
Dalrymple, Alexander (1737-1808 A.D.)....................................................... .436
Delamarche, Charles Francois (1740-1817 A.D.)........................................... 437
La Perouse, Jean- Francois de Galaup, Comte de (17414788 A.D.).............. 440
Janvier, Jean (ca. 1746-1790 A.D.)................................................................. 441
Gibson., John (fl. 1749-1792 A.D.) ............................................................... 443
Bowen, Thomas (1749-1790 A.D.) ................................................................ ...........' 444
Arrowsmith, Aaron (1750-1833 A.D.).......................................................... ..446 '
Schley, Jacob van der (fl. about 1750-1770 A.D.)........................................ ..449
Lotted, Tobiae Conradi (fl. 1750-1777 A.D.)......................................... .........450
Dunn, Samuel (fl. 1751-1794 A.D.)....................................... .............................452.
Rollos, G. (fl. 1754-1789 A.D.)..................................................... ..........:.........457'
Gary, John (fl. 1754-1835 A.D.)..................................................................... 458
Brion de la Tour, Louis (ca. 1756-1823 A.D.)................................................ 459
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Neel, Samuel John [Neele & Son] (1758-1824 A.D.) .................................... 463
Reichard, Christian Gottieb Theophil (1758-1837 A.D.)............................... 464
Chanlaire, Pierre Gregoire (1758-1817 A.D.)................................................. 466
Pinkerton, John (1758-1826 A.D.).................................................................. 467
Steiler, Adolf (1775-1836 A.D.) .................................................................... 469
Malte-Brun, Conrad (1775-1826 A.D.).......................................................... 470
Lizars, Daniel (fl. 1776-1812 A.D.)................................................................ 471
Santini, P. (fl. 1776-1783 A.D.)...................................................................... 473
Jacques, Nicolas (ca. 1780 A.D.) ................................................................... 474
Menzies, J & G. (1780-ca. 1840 A.D.) ........................................................... ;475
Sauerberg, H. (18th century A.D.) .................................................................. 476
Lucas, Fielding Jr. (1781-1854 A.D.) ............................................................ 477
Stuelpnagel, Fr. von (1781-1865 A.D.) ......................................................... 478
Weiland, Carl Ferdinand (1781-1847 A.D.) ... :.............................................. 480
Elwe, Jan Barend (fl. 1785-1809 A.D.) ......................................................... 481
Justus Perthes Geographische Verlags (founded in 1785 A.D.)..................... 483
Norie, John William (fl. ca. 1785-1843 A.D.)................................................. 488
Wilkinson, Robert (fl. 1785-1825 A.D.)......................................................... 490
Brue, Adrien Hubert (1786 - 1832 A. D.)............. v........................................ 492
Tanner, Henry Schenck (1786-1858 A.D.).......... 1.................... r.................. 493
Venetik, i Vans Srboyn Ghazaru (ca. 1787A.D.) ........................................... 494
Lizars,
Wyld, James, the Elder (1790-1836 A.D.)...................................................... 499
Arrowsmith, John (1790-1873 A.D.).............................................................. 500
Mitchell, Samuel A. (1792-1868 A.D.) .......................................................... 502
Perrot, Aristide Michel (1793-1879 A.D.)...................................................... 505
Laurie & Whittle (ca. 1794-1875 A.D.).......................................................... 506
British Admiralty (founded in 1795 A.D.)..................................................... 509
Berghaus, Heinrich Carl Wilhelm (1797-1884 A. D.)..................................... 510
Head, Capitan Charles (ca. 1797-1867 A.D.) ................................................ 512
Chapter IV:
The
(From 1800 to 2000 A.D.)
Gamier, F. A. (1803-1863 A.D.)..................................................................... 517
Vuillemin, Alexander A. (1812- ca.1874 A.D.) ............................................. 519
Wyld, James, the Younger (1812-1887 A.D.) ................................................ 520
Thomas, John (fl. 1814-1869 A.D.) ................................................................ 522
Dussieux, Louis Etienne (1815-1894 A.D.).................................................... 525
Badger, Rev. George Percy (1815-1888 A.D.)............................................... 527
Hall,
Kiepert, Heinrich C. (1818-1899 A.D.).................................................... :..... 532
Fremin, A. R. (ca. 1820-1868 A.D.)........................................ :;..................... 533
Berthe (19th Century A.D.).............................................................................. 534
Lothian, John (fl. 1825-1846 A.D.)................................................................ 535
Dower, John (fl. 1825- c.1891 A.D.) ............................................................. 536
Johnston, firm of W. & A. K. (1825- c. 1863 A.D.)....................................... 537
X
Teesdale,
Henry [&
Neele, James (Neele &' Son) fl. 1826-1845 A.D............................................. 539
Horseburg, James (19th Century A.D.).................... ....................................... 540
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1829- ca.1876 A.D.)......... 541
Long, George (1830-1854 A.D.)..................................................................... 542
Royal Geographical Society (Founded 1830 A.D.) ............ .......................... 545
Kelly, Thomas (1835-1843 A.D.).................................................................... 547
Andriveu-Goujon, J. (ca.1835-1868 A.D.).................................................... ,.548
Tallis & Co. (1838-1851 A.D.) ....................................................................... 549
Herrich, A. (19th Century A.D.) .................................................................. ....551
Levasseur, Victor (1838-1854 A.D.)............................................................... 552
William, E. P. (19th Century A.D.).................................................................. 555
Cram, George (1841-1928 A.D.)..................................................................... 556
Spruner, Karl von (1846-1880 A.D.) ............................................................. 557
Anonymous Ottoman Cartographer, before 1850 A.D................................... 558
Graf, Adolf (ca. 1850-1890 A.D.).................................................................. 560
Orr & Dower (19th Century A.D.)................................................................... 561
Jackson, Peter (19th Century A.D.)................................................................. 562
Civelli, Giuseppe (19th century A.D.).............................................................. 563
Ferrier, Joseph Pierre (19th century A.D.)........................................................ 564
Bartholomew, John George (1860-1920 A.D.)............................................... 566
Blackie & Son (ca.1860-1893 A.D.) .............................................................. 568
Johnson & Ward Publishers (1860-1885 A.D.)............................................... 569