Arabian Gulf
Encyclopedia
Arabian Gulf may refer to:
- Persian GulfPersian GulfThe Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
, a body of water sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or The Gulf by some Arab countries (see also Persian Gulf naming disputePersian Gulf naming disputeThe name of the body of water separating the Arabian Peninsula from the Iranian plateau, historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf after the land of Persia , has been disputed by some Arab countries since the 1960s...
) - Red SeaRed SeaThe Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
, in geographical works from ancient times to the 19th century - Khalij el-Arab, near Alexandria, Egypt, translates to English as the "Arab Gulf", or "The Arabs' Gulf"
Organisations
- Arabian Gulf Rugby Football UnionArabian Gulf Rugby Football UnionThe Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union was the governing body for rugby union in the Gulf Cooperation Council member countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. To begin with most matches were played on sand but today almost all matches are played on grass...
- Arabian Gulf UniversityArabian Gulf UniversityArabian Gulf University is a university in Al-Manāmah, Bahrain, accredited by the Ministry of Education, Bahrain, and governed by Gulf Cooperative Countries, and is a member of Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World....
, Bahrain - Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian GulfPopular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian GulfThe Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf , later renamed the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf , was a Marxist and Arab nationalist revolutionary organisation in the Persian Gulf Arab states. The PFLOAG was organized in 1968 as the successor to the...
- National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian GulfNational Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian GulfThe National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf was a guerrilla movement in the Arabian peninsula.NDFLOAG was formed in Iraq in 1969 by Omani students and other emigrees. Some had been members of leftwing organizations , others were hithero unorganized opponents of...