Kourosh Ahmadi

Naming the Persian Gulf (eBook, ePUB)

The Roots of a Political Controversy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reference to either the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf is a source of heavy controversy and tension between Iranians and Arabs, with diplomatic repercussions. The nomenclature is an important element of strategic uncertainty in the region. Kourosh Ahmadi reviews the issue from an Iranian perspective and favours retaining Persian Gulf as the standard term. He presents a serious argument that considers cartographic and historical points of view and factors in geopolitical competition in the region and beyond since the 1950s as well as the rise of Gulf Arab state influence on academics, businesses and the media.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ithaca Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780863725487
• Artikelnr.: 55019063

Autorenporträt

Kourosh Ahmadi is a retired Iranian diplomat with many years' experience working with international organisations and researching the Persian Gulf region. He is the author of Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Antiquity
1.1 The Early Historical Period
1.2 Persian Gulf in the Greco-Roman Tradition
1.3 The Arabian Gulf
2. The Middle Age and Islamic Era
2.1 Early Geographic Perception in the Islamic Golden Age
2.2 Early Islamic Geographers
2.3 The Balkhi School of Geographers
3. Modern Age
3.1 The Gulf Nomenclature and in the Modern Age
3.2 Factors Contributing to the Historic Resilience of the Term Persian
Gulf
4. Geopolitical Rivalries - the Origin of the Gulf's Naming Dispute
4.1 Britain and the Term Persian Gulf
4.2 Arab Radicalism and the Term 'Persian Gulf'
4.3 Arab Countries and the Naming Dispute
4.4 The Persian Gulf Arab Littorals
4.5 Iran's Views and Role in the Gulf
5. Legal Status of Geographical Names
5.1 Standardization of Geographical Names
5.2 Name Standardization and National Sovereignty
5.3 Disagreement on Name Standardization
5.4 General Rules and Procedures in Name Standardization
5.5 Geographical Names and Cultural Heritage
5.6 The Term 'Persian Gulf' and the UN System
5.7 The Persian Gulf as Endonym and Exonym
5.8 Names and Ownership of Maritime Features
5.9 The Term 'Persian Gulf' in Arab Legal Documents
5.10 The Arab Argument in Support of a Name Change
6. Government Policy on the Nomenclature of the Gulf
6.1 Iran and the Gulf Naming Dispute
6.2 Foreign Government Positions on the Terminology
7. Private Entities and the Term 'Persian Gulf'
7.1 Internationalizing the Term 'Arabian Gulf'
7.2 Iranian Grassroots reactions