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This is a geographical article. For the Palestinian leader, see Said al-Muragha
Said al-Muragha

Col. Sa'eed Musa al-Muragha is a Palestinian militant better known as Abu Musa....
, for the Sahaba
Sahaba

In Islam, the abah "Companions" were the companions of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is masculine ?a?abiyy, feminine ?a?abiyyah....
, see Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari
Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari

Abu-Musa ?Abdullah Patronymic Qays al-Ash'ari, better known as Abu Musa al-Ashari was a Sahaba and important figure in early Islamic history....
.


Abu Musa (Arabic: ??? ???? - Abu Mu?a) is a 12-kmē island in the eastern Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes Persian Gulf naming dispute referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although nei...
, part of a six-island archipelago near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest....
. The island is administered by Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 as part of the Iranian province of Hormozgan, but is also claimed by the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
 (UAE).

The island had been a part of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 from antiquity until the early 20th century, when Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 annexed the island, administering it along with the other British-controlled islands in the Persian Gulf, including what is today the UAE.






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This is a geographical article. For the Palestinian leader, see Said al-Muragha
Said al-Muragha

Col. Sa'eed Musa al-Muragha is a Palestinian militant better known as Abu Musa....
, for the Sahaba
Sahaba

In Islam, the abah "Companions" were the companions of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is masculine ?a?abiyy, feminine ?a?abiyyah....
, see Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari
Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari

Abu-Musa ?Abdullah Patronymic Qays al-Ash'ari, better known as Abu Musa al-Ashari was a Sahaba and important figure in early Islamic history....
.


Abu Musa (Arabic: ??? ???? - Abu Mu?a) is a 12-kmē island in the eastern Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes Persian Gulf naming dispute referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although nei...
, part of a six-island archipelago near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest....
. The island is administered by Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 as part of the Iranian province of Hormozgan, but is also claimed by the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
 (UAE).

The island had been a part of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 from antiquity until the early 20th century, when Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 annexed the island, administering it along with the other British-controlled islands in the Persian Gulf, including what is today the UAE. In the late 1960s, Britain transferred administration of the island to the British-appointed Sharjah, one of the seven sheikdoms that would later form the UAE. After Britain announced in 1968 that it would relinquish its hegemony in the Persian Gulf, Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 moved to reattach the island politically to the mainland. In November 1971, UAE and Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 agreed to give sovereignty to the former but allowed the latter to station troops on the island.

In 1980, the UAE took its claim to the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
. In same year, Saddam Hussein attempted to justify the Iraq-Iran war by claiming that one of the objectives was to "liberate" Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb. In 1992, Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 increased its control by expelling foreign worker
Foreign worker

A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the Migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"....
s who operated the UAE-sponsored school, medical clinic, and power-generating station.

Abu Musa's roughly 500 inhabitants call it "Gap-sabzu" , which means "the great green place." On old maps, the island is called Bumuf or Bum-i Musa, Persian for "the land of Musa
Musa

Musa may refer to:In botany:*Musa , one of three genera in the family Musaceae that includes bananas and plantainsPlaces:*Mu?a, a river in Lithuania and Latvia...
/Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
."

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  • , Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh, 10/15/02


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