Persian Sea


Persian Sea
The Issue
I would like to gain global support in changing the name of the body of water that is called the Arabian Sea to the Persian Sea. This body of water, is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia,and on the east by India. Historically in the past, it was named the Persian Sea. In light of the recent push to change the name of the Persian Gulf, I think it’s only fair to recognize that the current name of a different body of water, called the Arabian Sea, is only a recent phenomenon, and that’s it original name was not the Arabian Sea. I would like to change the name back to a name that it was historically recognized as… which is the Persian Sea. Please help me support this cause. Thank you. Below is courtesy of Wikipedia…
The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to with different names by Arabian and European geographers and travelers, including Erythraean Sea, Indian Sea, Oman sea,[7] Erythraean, Persian Sea in para No 34-35 of the Voyage.[8] In Indian folklore, it is referred to as Darya, Sindhu Sagar, and Arab Samudra.[9][10][11]
Arab geographers, sailors and nomads used to call this sea by different names, including the Akhzar (Green) Sea, Bahre Fars (Persian Sea), the Ocean Sea, the Hindu sea, the Makran Sea, the sea of Oman; among them Zakariya al-Qazwini, Al-Masudi, Ibn Hawqal and Hafiz-i Abru. They wrote: "The green sea and Indian sea and Persian sea are all one sea and in this sea there are strange creatures." in Iran and Turkey people call it Oman sea.[12] In the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as in some ancient maps, Erythraean Sea refers to the whole area of the northwestern Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea.”
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The Issue
I would like to gain global support in changing the name of the body of water that is called the Arabian Sea to the Persian Sea. This body of water, is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia,and on the east by India. Historically in the past, it was named the Persian Sea. In light of the recent push to change the name of the Persian Gulf, I think it’s only fair to recognize that the current name of a different body of water, called the Arabian Sea, is only a recent phenomenon, and that’s it original name was not the Arabian Sea. I would like to change the name back to a name that it was historically recognized as… which is the Persian Sea. Please help me support this cause. Thank you. Below is courtesy of Wikipedia…
The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to with different names by Arabian and European geographers and travelers, including Erythraean Sea, Indian Sea, Oman sea,[7] Erythraean, Persian Sea in para No 34-35 of the Voyage.[8] In Indian folklore, it is referred to as Darya, Sindhu Sagar, and Arab Samudra.[9][10][11]
Arab geographers, sailors and nomads used to call this sea by different names, including the Akhzar (Green) Sea, Bahre Fars (Persian Sea), the Ocean Sea, the Hindu sea, the Makran Sea, the sea of Oman; among them Zakariya al-Qazwini, Al-Masudi, Ibn Hawqal and Hafiz-i Abru. They wrote: "The green sea and Indian sea and Persian sea are all one sea and in this sea there are strange creatures." in Iran and Turkey people call it Oman sea.[12] In the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as in some ancient maps, Erythraean Sea refers to the whole area of the northwestern Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea.”
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Petition created on February 18, 2023