Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf? Iran vs Arab States

The waters between Iran and the Arabian peninsula are among the most important and valuable waterways in the world. And for decades now, Iran and the Arab Gulf States (mainly Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates) have struggled to obtain dominance in the region.
The dispute not only revolves around the material and strategic value of the waters, but also its name itself: Is it the Persian Gulf, or the Arabian Gulf? This question has become a heated discussion in the region, with many Arab states favouring the term ‘Arabian Gulf’ while Iran, and most of the rest of the world, consider the term ‘Persian Gulf’ as the correct one.
In this video, we take a look at this strange naming conflict, its history and origins, as well its contemporary political implications.
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Timestamps:
0:00​ Introduction
1:20 History of the Gulf
5:12 Iranian point of view
6:08 Arab point of view
6:43 Geostrategic importance
7:29 Current situation
8:22 Future outlook
9:40 Outro
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Sources:
Askari, H. (2013) Conflicts in the Persian Gulf: Origins and Evolution. Palgrave.
Kamrava, Mehran (2018) Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf. Cornell University Press.
de Ruyter, Mick (2019) Maritime Political Geography: The Persian Gulf Islands of Tunbs and Abu Musa. In: Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord. Vol. 29. Issue 4.
Fred Halliday (1996) Arabs and Persians : beyond the geopolitics of the Gulf.
Martin H. Levinson (2011) Mapping the Persian Gulf Naming Dispute. In: A Review of General Semantics. Vol. 68. No. 3.
Brian Whitaker (2010) Persian Gulf? Arabian Gulf? One big gulf in understanding. Online: www.theguardian.com/commentis...
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[@PoliticswithPaint]

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[@giuseppeiembo9750]

How do you make those maps?

[@realtalk6195]

The 1500s is _not_ when Iranic empires came to power, that happened in the 830s when the Buyids came to power followed by successive Iranic and Turkic dynasties thereafter up until WW1. There were several dozens of Muslim Iranic dynasties that ruled before 1500. Some dynasties that came to rule adjacent to the Gulf are the Saffarids (800s to 900s), the Banu Ilyas (900s), the Ghaznavids (900s to 1100s), the Ghurids (1200s), the Muzaffarids (1300s), the Injuids (1300s), etc. The Abbasid Caliphate _de facto_ lost power in the 9th century and only existed on paper, losing power to Iranic dynasties in the east, and to Amazigh (Berber) dynasties in the west. The Turkic Tulunids ruled Egypt in the 800s, followed by the Turkic Ikhshidids in the 900s, followed by the Arab Fatimids, followed by the Iranic Ayyubids in 1100s. The Turkic Seljuks conquered West Asia in the 1000s, followed by successive Iranic and Turkic dynasties, all of which utilized Persian in some capacity. Northwest Africa (Maghreb) was ruled by Amazigh dynasties from the late 800s to 1500s/1600s when Arabs came to power, then a century or two later the French began colonization, with Arabization and Francization occurring roughly the same time. A large part of the spread of Arab language/identity was because it was juxtapositioned against the French, and Amazigh ended up being swept to the side. The reason Arab language came to dominate the Levant, South Iraq and Egypt is because the capitals of the Umayyads (Damascus), Abbasids (Baghdad) and Fatimids (Cairo) were located there. Arabization has nothing to do with the Islamic conquests by the Rashidun Caliphate, which is why Iran and Khorasan remain Iranic speaking. In summary: Arab rule largely ended in West Asia and Khorasan in the 800s before returning by the 1900s in Semitic West Asia; in Egypt the Arab rule reigned between the 600s to mid 800s, then late 900s to 1100s before returning in the 1900s; in the Maghreb the Arab rule reigned between the 700s to 800s before returning in the 1500s/1600s.

[@kayem3824]

In some old European maps Arabian Gulf is written over what is now known as the Red Sea.

[@nightknight2820]

All the people who live in the east and west banks of the gulf r ARABS, so it is Arab gulf.

[@kayem3824]

@@nightknight2820 you mean the ones who have allowed Apartheid state embassies, and foreign bases there. The little island, and the Emirates with hundred thousand population and a big desert behind.

[@tackstarfilmcompany]

The historical name is the Persian Gulf. Any educated person who has been to school would tell you that it is called the Persian Gulf. It is even mentioned as the Persian Gulf in every single old map or documents!!!!!! Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel calls the Persians the "first Historical People". !!!!

[@wellytms4713]

- See item 52 book (Bahlavi texts) in the chapter (Iranian cities) page 18. This page contains the *only* remaining geographical document from the Sassanid era before Islam, as the Magi (Zoradastrian) clergy used the name “” (the Tazian Sea)” meaning “(Arab Sea)” I put my guide and it is not the only one, but this guide is the most reliable in the whole world regarding the name, What about you, do you have proof of the name (Persian Gulf)?

[@alifarhood3436]

​@@wellytms4713It is very wrong to examine only specific periods of history with specific names. These are exceptions. When you examine the historical continuity of naming the Persian Gulf, you will see that it has always been called the Persian Gulf. I hope you get away from prejudice

[@user-jv3dz9yk5r]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🌹

[@mahsa8471]

❤

[@CyrusPersia-wv7zo]

@@wellytms4713 The name "Persian Gulf" has even been accepted by Arab historians, they have admit that the name of this place has always been Persian Gulf and there is no justification for the idea of Arabian gulf!!!👇🏻👇🏻 Abdel Khaleq al-Janabi, a Saudi Arabian historian, said "It's this name [Persian Gulf] that has been retained by history books and Arab historians, like Ibn Khaldoun and Ibn al Athir. It's also in treaties signed between the governors of the gulf and the British who dominated the region from the beginning of the 20th century ... From a scientific and historical point of view, it has been called the Persian Gulf since Alexander the Great". He said that it was "without foundation" to claim the Romans named it "Arabian Gulf". "Things didn't change until Nasser came to power and the rise of Arab nationalism. The Arabs then began to use the name 'Arabian Gulf'", he added.[33] In an interview with Al Wasat, Bahraini writer Hussain al-Baharna said one of the reasons for the dispute over naming the "Arabian Gulf as the Persian Gulf" is that the Red Sea was referred to as at the time of negotiations over the ownership of Bahrain "Ann That Arabian Gulf", and it was not then possible to call what had since become the Arab Gulf region by the name "Arabian Gulf", it was called the "Persian Gulf" at that time.[34] In recent decades, prominent scholars and political and religious leaders, including Professor Abdelhadi Tazi, Ahmad al-Saraf, Abdelilah Benkirane (Prime Minister of Morocco from 2011 to 2017), Abdul Monem Saeed, Abdul Khaliq al-Janabi, Qaradawi, and Gen. Majdi Omar, Former First Deputy of the Egyptian National Defense Council have supported the use of "Persian Gulf" and believe there is a lack of justification for changing the name.

[@z1gma210]

Ancient says it is : "PERSIAN GULF"

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

Ancient called it Chaldean sea

[@danny-oc6yx]

​@@medalaeeladlani5683 persicus sinus

[@naser1301]

Ancient says about Iran it is: Persia..! They themselves had given up the Persian name for their country..!. It is not surprising that the name of the Gulf is Arabic and it is completely surrounded by Arabs. It is also one of the ancient names as well.

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf forever

[@matthew_sylv]

Dream on , its arabian gulf

[@BAOCLAN]

That’s “ PERSIAN GULF” for ever, and never ever will change.

[@sultan9334]

It has been Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦 always

[@BAOCLAN]

@@sultan9334 just in your DREAMS, be educated and try to learn real history if you can, I’m not sure you even can understand that 😂😂😂

[@user-yt8pt4cz6p]

@@BAOCLANI think we are in present and it is “Arabian Gulf”

[@Persian_Gulf168]

@@sultan9334 Not A... gulf Persian Gulf is correct.

[@sultan9334]

@@Persian_Gulf168 Iranians comes from India and we conquered their lands long time ago

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

Persian Gulf. I might not be very happy about ancient Persians (notably the Sassanids) occupying Armenia (along with Rome quite often), but it’s just how it should be named. It was named by Persians, the UN has made their stance clear, and no name change is official yet.

[@jth6587]

All those who inhabit coast of this gulf are Arabs...there are no Persian people in this gulf ... why you want name this gulf for another people !!!

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

@@jth6587 It’s historically belonged to them, and again, is used by the United Nations. I’m guessing you’re likely an Arab, that’s alright, I’m just saying that it was originally conquered and held by Persian kingdoms and empires. And it still maintains a coast along the north.

[@jth6587]

@@roy_mezz-awake2470 being it was occupied by Persians, this does not give them the right to name it according to their race..Do you accept that I change the name of your country from Armenia to " land of the Arabs " ??

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

@@jth6587 No, cos it isn’t occupied by Arabs. And anyways Turkey and Azerbaijan are MUSLIMS. They literally named the gulf that way before Arabs ever had the chance… see it your way.

[@jth6587]

@@roy_mezz-awake2470 Does the occupation give you the right to change your name?? If the Arabs occupied Armenia, would they have the right to call your country “Arab land ” ?? Please be rational we are definitely and confident will change this historical fallacy . By the way, my tribe and one of my ancestors helped Armenians ❤🙏

[@Technotrad3r]

As an American I say keep it as the history has always known it as: the Persian Gulf.

[@arya1357]

Your user name is not American!

[@Technotrad3r]

@@arya1357 lol

[@Technotrad3r]

@@arya1357 I'm Arab-American. Hope this explains

[@plutomaniac.2504]

exactly! thank u!

[@aliniyazi5041]

Long live USA ! Persian Empire, Right and thanks mate !

[@Cieloblue9756]

Clearly Persian Gulf; you can't change the street name because you just found gold in your backyard!😁😁

[@vodkablood7788]

😚❤

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦

[@marshalh_f]

​@@sultan9334poor little boy😂

[@sultan9334]

@@marshalh_f bro you're a third world country

[@Mounes_ashouri]

@@sultan9334 😂I’ve never heard from anyone but arabs

[@mahathirmuhammadshuvo9648]

In Bengali/bangla language persian gulf call parossho uposhagor. Parossho is persian and uposhagor is sub sea /bay/gulf. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@alirezai8537]

👌🌹❤

[@shervinshariatmadari6880]

Love from Iran 💙👐🏻

[@ahmadreza3293]

🌹🌹🌹

[@AyCk567]

As a bengali.. I confirm

[@samanmmdi7943]

Love from iran

[@topanime9354]

The irony is that the Arabs used to call it the Persian Gulf. And in documents that date back to 30 to 60 years ago, such as books or maps and documents, the Arabs themselves called it the Persian Gulf.

[@user-eo5jq8kr5y]

You lier

[@topanime9354]

@@user-eo5jq8kr5y Am I lying or do you want it to be a lie? Just check the history of the last 100 years

[@topanime9354]

@Arkam Knight thanks Thank you for your comment, which warms the hearts of people of thought and reality.

[@sararabiee8810]

Because it's even in the Quran

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦 now go worship Ali he is an Arab from us😂😂

[@dapperduncle1972]

It’s been called Persian gulf for over 2500 years, the Arabs have a sea and the Persians have the gulf that’s how it works!

[@generalbkkg1684]

Exactly

[@BritishRepublicsn]

But the Arabs don’t have an ocean Also why shouldn’t they have both? Arabs are the ones surrounding it, so Persian isn’t reflective of the people who inhabit the sea

[@hooloovoo90]

The Arabs have a Sea not an Ocean

[@generalbkkg1684]

@@BritishRepublicsn there is a sae called Arabian sae

[@BritishRepublicsn]

@@generalbkkg1684 yeah and it’s next to the gulf, so it makes sense for that gulf to be the Arabian gulf

[@danielmjs2007]

It has always been and always will be the Persian gulf . And all the authentic books , documents mention the name of the Persian Gulf , so it's very clear

[@wellytms4713]

- See item 52 book (Bahlavi texts) in the chapter (Iranian cities) page 18. This page contains the *only* remaining geographical document from the Sassanid era before Islam, as the Magi (Zoradastrian) clergy used the name “” (the Tazian Sea)” meaning “(Arab Sea)” I put my guide and it is not the only one, but this guide is the most reliable in the whole world regarding the name, What about you, do you have proof of the name (Persian Gulf)?

[@alifarhood3436]

​@@wellytms4713 It is very wrong to examine only specific periods of history with specific names. These are exceptions. When you examine the historical continuity of naming the Persian Gulf, you will see that it has always been called the Persian Gulf. I hope you get away from prejudice

[@aspgo1538]

as may you do not know iranians usually use "Tazi" word as an kind of insult to arabs. you are free to call yourself tazi and we dont have any problem with that but for us and rest of world its persian gulf@@wellytms4713

[@shia_pan_iranist]

​@@wellytms4713prophet Muhammad called it Persian gulf , Arabic maps in 19s centery call it Persian gulf , Herodotus and many other greek historians call it Persian Gulf , and many many other

[@Persiastan]

The ironic part is even the Arabs themselves used to call it Persian gulf before.

[@Someone-dk1zc]

NOT AT ALL ACTUALLY 😂😂

[@unknownsilence7834]

@@Someone-dk1zc They did actually, before 20th century all Arab historians called the body of water "Persian gulf" and even the founder of Saudi Arabia officially called it Persian gulf in one of his letters and he never used the term Arabian gulf because at the time i was non existant. Arabian gulf is a modern term only used by Arab nationalists and its less than 100 years old

[@Someone-dk1zc]

@@unknownsilence7834 well it doesn’t change anything and also not used today

[@Someone-dk1zc]

@Winner Game try better 🥴

[@potatoes6064]

@@Someone-dk1zc What's with Arabs and their obsession with emojis? You all type exactly the same.

[@elvinaann898]

It is Persian Gulf. Love & respect from Borneo.

[@mahyar3579]

Love 💕 from iran

[@Iranian_turk]

🇮🇷❤️

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦

[@tea5092]

It is Arabian Gulf silly billy

[@rezgive2322]

​@@tea5092Persian Gulf,like it or not it is a fact. You can't change the history.

[@user-gp5rz7pq5x]

The Persian Gulf has been and will be forever💪🇮🇷💗

[@malekaltayari3936]

الخليج العربي

[@z1gma210]

@@malekaltayari3936 nice joke bro Its persian gulf lmao

[@user-tt7le5fs8u]

@@malekaltayari3936 الخلیج فارسی

[@xycvbn]

@@malekaltayari3936 خلیج فارس💪🦁🇮🇷❤️😅

[@mahmoodtube8053]

الخليج عربي غصبا عن ايران وذيولها

[@googane7755]

Honestly as a foreigner I've only ever known it as the persian gulf. This new movement to call it the arabian gulf just seems way too unnatural to suddenly undermine thousands of years of history and done solely because of nationalism and politics.

[@khaledalham4925]

I live in the Arabian gulf

[@misaghzahedi3921]

​@@khaledalham4925 And where is that? I can't find it on the map, well anyways I'm living in one of the Persian Gulf islands named Qeshm

[@MyUsersDark]

@@misaghzahedi3921 Gotem

[@khaledalham4925]

@@misaghzahedi3921 maybe cause google maps changes lands for other countries from UAE btw

[@Mohab7274]

It's seems way too weird to be calling a large ethic group (Arabs) living there, Persian.

[@sasanmahjoob9239]

Not only historical but also politically, Iran has control over the security of this territory. Some part of the people's money is spent to secure this area. And mathematically, 2500 years of history is obviously way more than 70 years that this idea was ignited.

[@majdkm93]

هل تعرف سيدك عمر بن الخطاب؟

[@tea5092]

arabs lived around the Arabian Gulf for centuries, southern part of Iran was part of Abu Dhabi in the past and Arabs still live around the Arabian Gulf. Calling it anything else is pure ignorance.

[@texis4060]

omar says hi

[@azarghadimi4492]

@@tea5092 it is Iranian territory and because of the richer culture other than islam and blood shed than iran has it is The Persian gulf nothing else is an insult to the rich culture of the gulf it can be persian gulf and nothing else but it

[@Hussyn_F]

@@majdkm93 نعم ذاك الشخص الذي كان يهرب من المعارك و فوق الجبال

[@Piruz_Nahavandi]

It is really ridiculous that the Gulf, which has been called the Persian Gulf for thousands of years, was renamed because of money.

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

which thousands of years, it was called the Chaldean sea or the lower sea, since Assyrians and Sumerians

[@shervinshariatmadari6880]

@Blue Gh Dude The name isn’t because of nowadays nations and also Ahwaz is not occupied by arabs And most of the arabs there wants it to be Persian gulf and not some hideous fake name

[@mortezarazavi8347]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 😂 wich earth do you live ? Nobody calls the person gulf those nonsense

[@bet0537]

@Blue Gh You know nothing about Ahvaz and the Arabian cities of Iran.

[@arshamex7725]

@Blue Gh bruh. occupied ahavaz? majority of the people are persian speaking and also arabs speak a different language from you guys and have a distinct culture mixed with iranian culture i'm from ahavaz what do you know?

[@jevinday]

I'm from America and I've never heard it called anything but the Persian Gulf over here.

[@thedamnedatheist]

Look at Google maps.

[@ario9644]

@@thedamnedatheist what about it?

[@outerspace7391]

Me too. I didn't know there was an entire debate on this, I always thought it was undisputedly called Persian gulf

[@hhhbgg982]

Exactly because it’s called the Arabian gulf the ummayed and Abbas caliphate owned this sea so it’s considered Arabian

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

From Latvijas, same.

[@brandonrob8265]

For me it was always the Persian Gulf. When I speak with friends they always call it Persian gulf.

[@aflam21212]

arab gulf

[@sthatem6946]

You randomly talk about the Persian gulf with ur friends?

[@tsuki5284]

@@aflam21212 Persian gulf remains persian gulf go cry

[@aflam21212]

@@tsuki5284 arab gulf

[@tsuki5284]

@@aflam21212 your historians called it bahre farsi still go cry

[@syrhusprod]

I’m American and I’ve never heard it called Arabian until just now

[@ksa3090]

Because you American ☕️🤣

[@javierzanetti1433]

@@ksa3090 cry

[@alizamani1196]

Well, because it's Persian Gulf😂😂

[@benyaminderakhshanzadeh1949]

@@ksa3090 show me one book before islam

[@eddiedehkordi4639]

It’s really not a thing! It’s just Southern Persian gulf arab countries crying due to their inferiority complex when it comes to anything Persian! I’m waiting to see if one of these days they start calling the Persian cats, Arabian cats! 🤣

[@faridcyrus4625]

The historical name is the Persian Gulf. Any educated person who has been to school would tell you that it is called the Persian Gulf. It is even mentioned as the Persian Gulf in every single old map or documents. #cyrusthegreat was the founder of the first Persian Empire. Under his rule, the empire expanded vastly and conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia plus some parts of Europe. Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen.

[@marcusthehandsome8609]

Here in Egypt,We learn that,It's called Arabian Gulf,But to be honest,I think It's only fair to call it "Persian Gulf",We do have a Sea,Also Iran has lots of history with that piece of water and the "Arabian Gulf" is much more recent plus It's just a name damn it.

[@gumingit4265]

@@marcusthehandsome8609 wow they tell you it's Arabian gulf in school?

[@marcusthehandsome8609]

@@gumingit4265 Yeah,They do,But It's just a name,I call it Persian gulf or simply "The Gulf" either way.

[@faridcyrus4625]

@@marcusthehandsome8609I absolutely love the Egyptian history and their people but shame on their education department for giving the Persian Gulf another name. Egypt was under the Persian colony at some point in history. I wonder if they mention that in their school books.

[@marcusthehandsome8609]

@@faridcyrus4625 They do mention,Egypt getting invaded by Persians.

[@masa4977]

The Arab people living in Iran call this gulf the Persian Gulf

[@sh.k4976]

😐

[@masa4977]

بله

[@khalidibrahim5298]

if they say خليج عربى they will die

[@masa4977]

@@khalidibrahim5298 I live in the south of Iran, I have Arab friends when foreign networks call the Persian Gulf Arabian gulf they get angry😎😎

[@yasaman1637]

@@khalidibrahim5298 we are not you , we don't kill people because of their ethnicity

[@master138]

This is really stupid to say it's not Persian Golf. Historically, logically and politically It is Persian Golf. And will be Forever.

[@user-yl9dv7qc2z]

املای خلیجو اشتباه نوشتی

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Entire world argues if it is Persian or Arabian Gulf.. Turks: What? It is Basra Gulf and Mehter starts playing...

[@Xxx-pf8jt]

👌🏻

[@ariatajikbdk11]

Persian gulf ❤❤

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦

[@artintaghaviadviehchi5817]

No it’s not. Historically and always will be the Persian Gulf

[@sultan9334]

@@artintaghaviadviehchi5817 we don't care what the west and the east call it, it will always be Arabian Gulf

[@agentar47-]

@@sultan9334 no it’s always will be Persian gulf

[@sultan9334]

@@agentar47- in ur dreams

[@artinrahideh1229]

The name persian gulf appears in achaemenids inscriprions as the sea that starts from Pars by Darius the great. So it goes centuries before that .

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

As an Afghan who has no interest in the matter or can even care less on the issue, i say just leave it at "Persian Gulf." Arabs already have a sea named after them.

[@VexLooter]

"Muslim's/Muslim Gulf" can be a choice that can satisfy both of them, i guess

[@user-jo8rl3nv9x]

Nah bro its our gulf and major citys there is ours

[@VexLooter]

@@user-jo8rl3nv9x Then it's easier to end further point conflict and just call it what i've suggested.

[@savereyy8177]

@@user-jo8rl3nv9x what about historical significance?

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@VexLooter It don't work like that mate.. it will trigger both Arabs and Iranians cause they will be like "our history"

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

Yeah, the Arabs already have the Arabian Sea. Let the Perians have the Gulf that everyone calls the Persian Gulf anyway.

[@kayem3824]

In some old European maps Arabian Gulf is used for the Red Sea.

[@awadoo4503]

unfortunately they dont stop here! they meddle in the affairs, economy and security of the arab states in the region and has policy and decision making abilities in 4 of them that risk the stability of the region!

[@eavocado5890pppj]

As a Qatari idc , I call it both, it depends on the context.

[@Sara-bs9rz]

The eastern side of the Gulf is also Arab. Iran has occupied the Arab state of Al-Ahwaz with the help of Britain. The Gulf from all sides is Arab, and it will remain an Arab Gulf.

[@kayem3824]

@@Sara-bs9rz Even Iraq, from ancient times was part of Iran. Ctesiphon was the Sassanid capital, now in Iraq. It follows that what you call Al-Ahwaz was Iran for millenia. As for the people of Ahwaz, who were at the immediate receiving end of Saddam's pan Arab aggression, they showed their patriotism for Iran by defending the country.

[@SkylarLux]

It’s the PERSIAN GULF historically, academically and it sounds so much better! Love and respect from Mexico 🇲🇽♥️🇮🇷

[@naserpiltan1539]

Greetings to you amigo :), a friend from great Persia.

[@user-zp5nb3zv2c]

@@naserpiltan1539 🤪

[@SkylarLux]

@@naserpiltan1539 Kheili mamnoon! Movaffagh Bashi ✨

[@alirezai8537]

👌❤🌹👌

[@SkylarLux]

@@alirezai8537 Merci Ali :-)

[@mahdiyarahn9928]

Persian Gulf is so historical and powerful Arab states in these days are so rude Because of the sale of oil now they are reach but in the 30 years ago they were eating locust, Iran has been under severe sanctions for 40 years but finally Iran is coming back to High historical and scientific position 🌹🇮🇷🙏

[@ayubshaikh9156]

Persian Gulf is Logical,….. as there is an Arabian Sea , you can’t put Your name seal to everything around you ? It is ancient, historical , proof in oldest of maps…….!

[@RandomZex]

Yes but many countries can change name of many things. Example, Constantinople is now istanbul

[@jeremiahblake3949]

@@RandomZex never shall the Greeks recognize Constantinople by such a profane name

[@RandomZex]

@@jeremiahblake3949 the gov of Greece call it Constantinople, but only that country calls it that. The rest literally call it Istanbul now

[@Zaabi]

@@jeremiahblake3949 we’re with you, Constantinople is occupied by the turks

[@yaziri7]

@@Zaabi constantinople in now Turkish its population is more than all of greece

[@russidariran1189]

It's been for all years in history as Persian gulf, i prefer this name

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

So you dont know history

[@russidariran1189]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 I've seen many historical maps of different countries on the internet, in 99% of them it's called Persian Gulf.

[@AryanNRam]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 its persian gulf and it will be persian gulf for ever.

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

@@yush6416 it was called lower sea 5000 years ago, and Chaldean sea 2500 years ago.

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

@@yush6416 blah bla bla

[@YouTube.watcher..]

In a letter from Saudi king to Iran's shah, the king wrote in Arabic the Persian gulf.

[@sultan9334]

It's still Arabian Gulf*

[@YouTube.watcher..]

@@sultan9334 cry for it right now in all international maps it's called Persian Gulf 😂

[@sultan9334]

@@KZbin.watcher.. not in my map, also there is no pure Persian anymore they all have Arabs DNA😂😂

[@sultan9334]

@@KZbin.watcher.. I think you mix it up they're the ones who crying when they worship Ali he's an Arab man from Saudi Arabia😂😂

[@YouTube.watcher..]

@@sultan9334 no we worship almighty god who Is the lord of everyone. The hell did they teach you in school?

[@h.y1855]

As a persian or iranian i read the comments thanks for the honest answers by all the people around the world specially the Persian gulf neighbouring arab countries for a logical insight rather than a raging emotional ones.arab nations have many locations around the world being named after them i don't see any reason for an irrational upbringing over a well known fact.wish you all the best.

[@mohammed44_]

In our books in saudi arabia, most of them use the term arabian gulf, the name persian gulf is only used for history books, ones from islamic empires and other medieval maps use the name persian, while most post-oil map use the name arabian.

[@radax5430]

@@mohammed44_ because ur books r lying to u, it's obv

[@tigranes0078]

as half Arab, I say if the water base used to be called the Persian Gulf since antiquity many times, the best name is also the Persian Gulf. Arabian Gulf is newly made and has no strong evidence behind it. that's a fact and I hope that my people realize this. anyways I love and respect Persian People from Bahrain, hope to have better relations with this amazing and rich country 😍🇧🇭❤🇮🇷

[@khordad1216]

Yeah exactly! There is a sea called Arabian sea. This is just tool for nationalistic on both sides to instigated hate and wars. Reality is, there are naming convention for both sides :D

[@sam-wi4ci]

exactly, that's how we call indian sea, the Oman sea

[@amalsp8955]

@@sam-wi4ci there is no indian sea only ocean

[@sam-wi4ci]

@@amalsp8955 any ways , I mean you can't change our gulf anyway, that's too bullshit

[@PlatonicHesaf]

Chad.

[@z_zombie_4335]

I like it when politics with paint uploads a video

[@santiagoxramirez5774]

Don't we all?

[@z_zombie_4335]

@@santiagoxramirez5774 yes comrade

[@Martin-jb8rr]

If you see American or British soldiers death place on ww2, you see it's Persian Gulf from thousand years ago you can read the The inscriptions of Cyrus the Great are mentioned in Persepolis, meaning that it has been called the Persian Gulf for more than 7,000 years., It's clear that literate people call it Persian Gulf and those who they are complex because they have always been in decline call arabian camel rider gulf but it's just in their dream in reality It has been and is and will be Persian Gulf nothing else

[@tompoessy]

youre the last person who should talk about other peoples literacy 💀💀

[@ASWAR9622]

Bro that's 2500 not 7000 👀

[@Martin-jb8rr]

@@ASWAR9622 2500 BC, is just from Achaemenians empire, it is about 7,000 years from their first empire, Medians. Also proved they are from Aryan race which they separated two groups from beginning, one group landed near Caspian sea other one went to west of Europe, Germany. Why are you going to past, at world war II Germans found it. Because of that those times they have closely hiden relationship, that they found it last decades. Even most of industrial tools of those days at Iran is from Germany. They exist at the old texture of the most Iranian cities.

[@ASWAR9622]

@@Martin-jb8rr german are not aryan nazi stole the word aryan If you are talking about the Sakas, nothing is left of them The kingdom of the Medes was in 700 BC, which is 2700 years The oldest civilization is Elam, which was 3000 years BC, which is 5000 years old, there is no 7,000

[@kkiooskk]

@@ASWAR9622 there are bottles of wine discovered in iran dating back to 7000 years ago

[@WOE-ComposingGod]

As a persian thank you all foreigners for calling it Persian Gulf

[@Naveen-tq7cg]

always has been, always will be

[@spooknut8625]

You guys named it.

[@sultan9334]

It's Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦

[@losshall6834]

​@@sultan9334 😂😂the best joke of the year

[@losshall6834]

Why thanking when it's name is Persian gulf and nothing else

[@aayushagarwal4138]

1) It has been called the Persain Gulf for most of History. 2) The Arabs already have their own sea. 3) The Arabs have their own Peninsula. 4) Most organisations still refer to it as the Persian Gulf 5) There will be no huge benefit to the Arabs if it was called the Arabain Gulf. Edit: Stop in the reply's section already. Let's block the straits of Hormuz and turn it into another desert and be done with it. Name it the Agarwal desert as I gave the idea. Or don't....

[@Zaabi]

Then why cry about it being called the Arabian gulf?

[@kiyanhakim384]

@@Zaabi because Iran is faced with an existential crisis. They believe that the world is working to destroy their heritage and wiping out Iranian civilisation. They are hypersensitive on those topics. Furthermore they wanna litterally be the dominant power in this gulf once the US decline. The only valid argument I can see here is that it has been called persian gulf for thousands of years and that there is no point in changing a name.

[@Zaabi]

@@kiyanhakim384 yes there is, it’s called the Persian gulf because of years of colonization and occupation of Arabs, Iran needs the Yugoslav treatment. You ether support Iranian colonization and occupation or not

[@kiyanhakim384]

@@Zaabi every name in the world is because of such things. If we use your logic then we should call America "the turtle island" and not america because it's the name the colonialists gave. A name is a name. It can be given. It can be changed. The only thing that determines the name is power. If the Arabs become vastly more powerful than Iran, then it will be remembered as the Arabian gulf for the next millennium. If Iran becomes vastly more powerful then it will be remembered as the Persian gulf for the next millenium. All other arguments are superficial and stupid. It is an age old question of a cockoff

[@Zaabi]

@@kiyanhakim384 Iran is a illegitimate state that borders exist due to ethnic cleansing, occupation and colonization.

[@gdi1093]

So basically according to this video, it was called the Persian Gulf for thousands of years then 100 years ago, some Arab states just decided they can rename it? Yeah sorry, it doesn’t work that way 😂

[@gdi1093]

Not "they", only the Ottomans... that's not really enough of a counterweight to 2,000+ years of it being called something else. I dont even understand why this is a discussion. You cant just rename internationally recognized geographic features because you feel like it.

[@FOLIPE]

@علي الفردان They called it Persian because when writing was invented and arabs lived in the desert the Persians were building and empire and naming things.

[@arcxena_]

@علي الفردان those levantine and Iraqi arabs you speak of are indigenous mesopotamians and syrians who have been arabized. also get out with the whole "fire worshipper" stereotype. zoroastrians do not worship fire, they use it for their rituals to venerate their god.

[@arcxena_]

@علي الفردان these kingdoms were on the fringes of syria Iraq and palestine, not necessarily syria or iraq as you're implying here. my point is you're claiming something that is not yours. arabization did happen during the time of the caliphate. im not saying its bad, rather that you acknowledge that the iraqi heartland and syria WERE not originally arab.

[@arcxena_]

@علي الفردان which same tribes exactly? you're taking offense where there is none : I've never said iraqis and syrians aren't arabs, rather im saying that the region syria and iraq has a rich non-arab past that you seem very intent to erase by claiming they've always been Arab. also please take a crash course on not calling someone 'stupid' every 5 seconds. not interested in talking to people who like to think everything and everyone is attacking them somehow.

[@aliertocarlos75]

We can understand from this video that history can not be bough by money! Arab countries like UAE or Saudi Arabia may be rich because of oil they sell, but they're poor in history. This can't be changed and Persian Gulf is always Persian.

[@aflam21212]

Arab history is the one who subjugated us from Iran to Andalusia, Spain today

[@user-mc1tl4fx4q]

Absolutely Persian golf ❤

[@yousefzayabi37]

Golfچیه Gulf 😑

[@manisadeghi8078]

انگلیسی بسیار قوی داداشم

[@user-mc1tl4fx4q]

@@yousefzayabi37 شرمنده دقت نکردم 😅

[@user-mc1tl4fx4q]

@@manisadeghi8078 کوچیکتم و من هم املایی رو اشتباه کردم 😅

[@erfan2323]

Gulf😂🤝🏾

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Damn it man I was playing EU4 on the side and when you played the revolt sound I paused the video to check the game. Also its the persian gulf, the arrabs have a peninsula and a sea.

[@user-jo8rl3nv9x]

The persian have there iraq and there iran

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

@@user-jo8rl3nv9x We are talking about land and sea not states.

[@user-bf6mt5nm6b]

@@Fahadalbassam07 you cant change history

[@RandomZex]

@@user-bf6mt5nm6b but you can change name :]

[@mojtabaabdolvand9570]

@@Fahadalbassam07 It is not logical to call it like that, it's been called Persian gulf even before those countries were countries.

[@neembowsky]

There really is no question about the name of the body of water. It’s the Persian Gulf. End of discussion.

[@thewildcat7972]

So the people who live there has no saying in it ? , it's Arabic gulf end off discussion 😉

[@farguy2517]

@@thewildcat7972 lmao barbarian got offended

[@thewildcat7972]

@@farguy2517 u know u are the barbarian one's 😉 u forget the awal and delmon empire's that were already ruling this area long before the Persian ever existed

[@justanotherhuman.3649]

@@thewildcat7972 bro, its been called the persian gulf for generations. The name change is nonsense and only creates drama to divide arabs and iranians via nationalism. Patriotisim is good, toxic patriotism is nationalism my guy. (im not even arab or iranian, its just plain to see)

[@thewildcat7972]

@@justanotherhuman.3649 pro it been called a different name in arabs before that and there were a civilization that much older than the Persian at this sea , awal , delmon this 2 empire they were older and where existed before even the Persian were born

[@Behzad.10]

Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf are really beautiful and spectacular 💙💙

[@1984moment]

As an arab living in one of the arab states which claims the term "arabian gulf" I just use Persian gulf instead

[@ksa3090]

You are not Arab

[@sultan9334]

تخسي ياشيعي ياذيل الخليج العربي غصب عنك

[@1984moment]

@@sultan9334 إنشالله لاكن لاتزعل علينا انزين؟

[@EridanusYT]

Gulf Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

[@user-rp7gn4bf4b]

خليج امير المؤمنين عمر ابن الخطاب

[@salad3955]

Almost 3000 year ago when people were calling it the Persian gulf the arabs were still putting their daughters in the grave out of shame..

[@user-ws7us2on6g]

This is nonsense because Iranian civilization began in 500 or 600 BC

[@user-zf4um3yj8h]

@@user-ws7us2on6g عداك العين يا شنب

[@yasaman1637]

Good point

[@0249er]

@@user-ws7us2on6g no it didnt the Persians conquered the medes who had already united iran before them

[@0249er]

well considering 3000 years ago there was no persia since the persians only conquered and started migrating to anshan around the 7th century and by 500 bc when cyrus became king he was refed to as the king of anshan and later when he defeated his uncle and became king of iran he was called the king of the medes. it was only when darius took power from cyrus's son that the name persia starts to appear

[@unknown1964]

When you hear persian gulf you can guess where it is located , it's more catchy , easier to pronounce and also it is more historically correct than any other names , so why the name should changes?!

[@brendanrivers4737]

How the hell is "Arabian" difficult to pronounce?

[@Scere]

@@brendanrivers4737 nobody said its difficult he just said persian is easier and rolls off the tongue more

[@montaserkurd8235]

@@Scere Catchy and easier to pronounce??? LMFAO

[@Scere]

@@montaserkurd8235 it does roll of the tongue

[@eavocado5890pppj]

@@brendanrivers4737 Arabic in general is pretty hard for English speakers because some letters/sounds are not found in English so Arabic names and places that are said in English always sound wrong, like the letters A and r in Arab.

[@user-qq2nr1ch3f]

The age of many trees in Iran is longer than the age of these Arab countries, and this has always been and will remain the Persian Gulf

[@HaloJumper7]

As an Arab I say names from antiquity shouldn't just be changed for childish reasons unless they were actually offensive or racist. Their next goal will be renaming the Indian ocean into Arab ocean lmao.

[@SYMQ8]

“As an Arab” yeah right buddy + what do we want with Indian Ocean as it’s said in the video we refer to it as the Arabian gulf because of the Arab population surrounding the gulf from all sides

[@HaloJumper7]

@@SYMQ8 @Shaheen Yousif Indian ocean is off the Arabian peninsula. And the Mediterranean also borders Muslim countries, lets call it Muslim sea and the Red Sea the Arab Sea. That's just dumb.

[@Alborzhakimi7010]

Thank you💙💙

[@thepr1ntgnome430]

@@SYMQ8 just shhh

[@taravatrasooli6470]

Thank you, brother. Changing the name of a gulf just because someone has more power and money is dangerous. It is called bullying and will start many fights and raise racism for nothing. Be sure none of the Iranians will accept if the government does something like that for the Arabian region. It's simply not correct.

[@Theo10147]

imagine people call golf of mexico golf of usa instead

[@wizardkingmudhhi4418]

It’s around Mexico right and the Arabian gulf is around arab countrys that’s how it works more then 3 countries around its call it the Arabian gulf and only one country that is around it is calling it the Persian gulf

[@jeremiahblake3949]

@@wizardkingmudhhi4418 and the rest of the world calls it the Persian Gulf. So you keep calling it whatever you want and we'll stick with the old name

[@yousefzayabi37]

@@wizardkingmudhhi4418 one country around it and the rest of the world call it Persian gulf, if it's just about numbers.

[@ap7098]

@@wizardkingmudhhi4418 No it actually works like as sea claims of each country around the gulf. Arab countries are all an a side and Iran is Standing on the other side by its own and Iran claims the Kish , Qeshm ( i don't know the spelling) and 2 tanbs so Iran has more power and history and claims over the gulf other than this There is already an Arab Sea. So at The end the Rights go to The Iranian side and Persian Gulf.

[@Ford1ebi]

@@wizardkingmudhhi4418 that three countries one day was for Iran

[@crkcrk702]

I just prefer Persian golf also in my language it sounds better

[@hpsauce1078]

Persian golf sounds like an entertaining sport

[@crkcrk702]

@@hpsauce1078 fair point

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Persijas līcis is how my people call it.

[@1mrhp1]

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 whats the name of your country?

[@_braileanul]

@@1mrhp1 he's Latvian i think

[@nothingisbeing4747]

as an arab i think Persian gulf is correct 💯

[@indiafirst3676]

Persian Gulf 🇮🇷 Arabian Sea 🇸🇦 Indian Ocean 🇮🇳 That's the official names

[@bigchungus6320]

There’s more Arabs living on the gulf so it should be called Arabian it’s if you say in the place of Indian Ocean (the Ethiopian ocean)

[@melika340]

@@bigchungus6320 nope , there aren't more arabs there

[@Borhan82]

@@bigchungus6320 The population of all those small Arab countries which are mostly islands is not as large as the city where I live(Tehran). Therefore population is not a reason to name a place, but history determines the name of this Gulf. For more than 2500 years the name of this Gulf has been the Persian Gulf, and still is and it will be forever #Persian_Gulf_forever 🌊🇮🇷

[@Sirous369Cyrus]

⁠@@bigchungus6320okay ! Get back in history ! It was all ours ! What the hell are you talking about ! Arabs did not have any history and empire to put names on anything ! We Iranians made the Grammar of your language ! We gave you literature and now you talk about naming a Gulf !??? 😂😂😂😂

[@carantanianfella4035]

The UAE might as well call it the "Indian Gulf" if they want to strengthen their claim on the islands, since the vast majority of its population are laborers from the Indian subcontinent.

[@NoobGaming-yc6sr]

People of subcontinent don't identify themselves as Indian lol. Indian gulf looks ridiculous. It gives the country India all the credits when other countries have older historical land, culture etc

[@carantanianfella4035]

@@NoobGaming-yc6sr idgaf about that

[@persianguy1524]

30% of uae is ethnically Persian too

[@pranavjoshi1471]

India already has an ocean named after her. And the name of country of Indonesia comes from Greek Indo (India ) + Nesia (Islands) . Then,there are the West "Indies". So there are a lot of things named after India

[@Vatsalya17]

@@pranavjoshi1471 hell even native americans are called indians. Leave that.... The word china even is of sanskrit origin

[@afshin1082]

The gulf will remain Persian as it was for thousands of years

[@khikhikhiland1099]

Fake gulf

[@afshin1082]

Well, for now it your dream to change an historic name

[@W.Mirage.]

@Sophisticated one its your dream to change the gulfs name stupid

[@mortezarazavi8347]

@Sophisticated one it's you who's dreaming about calling it arab gulf .

[@mortezarazavi8347]

@@afshin1082 exactly my bro

[@makradars8150]

As an Iranian Arab (and half Kurd), PERSIAN gulf for ever 🇮🇷🦁☀️

[@wahranisoldier412]

Traitor

[@wahranisoldier412]

Proud Arab Algerian🇩🇿 and its Arabian Gulf not persians

[@makradars8150]

@@wahranisoldier412 and who tf are you that you think your opinion matters? You Arabised Berber! Go to the languages of Wikipedia and all the languages write it as "Pers stuff" gulf 🤙

[@wahranisoldier412]

@@makradars8150 Stop your Lies.... We are Arabs and we know our tribes and our origin... We are from Yémen... berberist propaganda dont work with me. The smallshitzir european minority who claim they are natives dont Hurt me.

[@ataallahal-shammary1675]

I'm a saudi person , and i would like to call it the persian gulf but i cant do it publicly haha i might get treated as a traitor or something. but yea this gulf historic name is "the persian gulf" lets keep it how it is

[@mehran5504]

Peace be upon you

[@Persiastan]

@@mehran5504 as an Iranian I respect you

[@trztdzz8068]

Respect❤️❤️

[@grandmafatima279]

Respect 🇮🇷🤝🇸🇦

[@ziyad5368]

شمري ماعليك شرهه

[@mahamed4744]

It should be called the Persian gulf

[@ravenn1508]

it is allready I think 80% of world knows that or maybe more

[@kamranahoora7670]

Hello. Don't worry. IT IS PERSIAN GULF and no body can change it.

[@user-dz8jr7pj2n]

@@ravenn1508 yes 80* know pesian gulf

[@alialdoukhi2014]

as a Saudi who lives in a city by the gulf, I've always called it the Persian gulf.

[@Zaabi]

You call it by the occupiers name?

[@NJ-eo2oc]

@@Zaabi You're a good troll 😂😜 It has ALWAYS been Under Iranians domain for 2800 years! and was recognized by the world since even that time

[@Zaabi]

@@NJ-eo2oc we call that colonization but be proud of occupation and land theft i guess

[@NJ-eo2oc]

@@Zaabi Your ancestors didn't even EXISTED back then and there was the PERSIAN Gulf lol. its safe to assume who are the Real theives here! like i said you a good troll 😛😜 you have one peninsula (which you originated it from) go and have fun with it lol

[@Zaabi]

@@NJ-eo2oc that doesn’t make sense, how can my ancestors not exist?

[@ahmadsamsami4177]

No one can weaken Iran's national identity As long as there is Iran, the name of the Persian Gulf will remain forever

[@skeletongaming4468]

Persian Gulf 🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@Infinitystar225]

I'm calling it the persian gulf because that's what it's always be known as. There's no reason to change it.

[@7164227]

Then you should call it A-ab-ba it means great water that’s what the Sumerians called it. It’s more ancient and historical.

[@s.lucifer5631]

True my friend

[@user-rn2eb7ow6h]

Studies confirmed. It has been an Arab since prehistoric times. And that Iran's control over him in limited periods, is not proof that he is Persian. These Arab tribes have inhabited the Gulf since ancient times. That is, he is Arab, and revolutions take place in Iran from time to time. I do not care about what you call games. If you search a little in the history books, you will understand that its inhabitants are Arabs on both sides.

[@19l1]

@@user-rn2eb7ow6h Saudi give the link to the article ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟😳😂😂😳🤫

[@19l1]

@@7164227 links by Article No Wikipedia👋🏻

[@NarnianLady]

I've always known it as the 'Persian Gulf', in the news it was always called so whether in my language, or in English. Only in Arabic have I heard the expression 'Arabian Gulf' (Khaleej al-'Arab) I don't mind either way.

[@EridanusYT]

Gulf Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

[@Sirous369Cyrus]

Arabs think that everything belong to them ! The “Arabian Gulf” is dumb thing they have made for themselves !

[@ariyah9176]

Persian Gulf 👍

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦 now go worship Ali he is an Arab from us😂🤫

[@wahranisoldier412]

Arabian Gulf

[@mahdidadasi3e-fx4qe]

​@@wahranisoldier412Persian gulf

[@wahranisoldier412]

@@mahdidadasi3e-fx4qe Arabian Gulf Free Ahwaz 🇸🇦🇩🇿🇾🇪💜

[@wahranisoldier412]

@@mahdidadasi3e-fx4qe Long live to Arab Republic of Ahwaz

[@josuad6890]

It should still be Persian Gulf, as what the place had been named for centuries. Changing the name of the places based on mere political interest will only create more headache in the end.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

This is a very needless discussion. International convention states clearly that this waterway is named the Persian Gulf and the rules are the rules because navigational protocols for sea, air and coasts are observed. It is established in the terminology. Once you start messing around with this because some ethnic group has embarked upon a childish crusade against nomenclature, do not think for a second that this does not set a vicious precedent. After all, who is to say the Atlantic Sea is somehow immune? Persian Gulf is the only term approved by international law. Period. You should have ended the video with that fact. Not leave it up to "opinion" of your viewers and ended it with meaningless ambiguity that has no legal bearing on anything. The message you are sending is that opinions override the facts and that violates the ethic of impartiality. It's not a matter of opinion. If a thousand people loudly proclaim that the Atlantic Sea should be named Brazil Sea for ethnic reasons out of the blue and they pepper it with advertisements and bribe money, it would never change the facts on the ground.

[@grg1422]

Exactly , just imagine that anyone could change the name of any sea or oceans , it will go to madness. It is called PERSIAN GULF period.

[@user-rn2eb7ow6h]

Studies confirmed. It has been an Arab since prehistoric times. And that Iran's control over him in limited periods, is not proof that he is Persian. These Arab tribes have inhabited the Gulf since ancient times. That is, he is Arab, and revolutions take place in Iran from time to time. I do not care about what you call games. If you search a little in the history books, you will understand that its inhabitants are Arabs on both sides.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

@@user-rn2eb7ow6h Your so-called studies are fictional and exist only in your head

[@grg1422]

@@user-rn2eb7ow6h which studies exactly? I'm obsessed with history but i never saw anything like arabian gulf before 1900.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

@@grg1422 Don't bother. There is nothing. I have reported the bot for spamming and I urge you to do the same.

[@shaneslr9123]

Great job but you got one thing wrong . Arabs are only 1.5 % of iran's population they mostly live in the khuzestan province that borders iraq and they are 1/6th of the province's population . They are not much in the rest of the coastline . There are as much iranians in arab countries as there are arabs in iran .

[@0249er]

we actually have two types of arabs in iran. the ones your refering to the mashriqi if im not mistaken actually lived in a province known as arabestan and made up the overwhelming majority there, after a revolt by local shaiks the shah disbanded their region and annexed it into neighboring Khuzestan and since then mass migration of other iranians has occurred due to the oil and gas related jobs available making the arabs for the first time in over one thousand years a minority in that region. We also have arabs known as the khaliji living around Bandar Abbas who speak a dialect close to those in the gulf states.

[@shaneslr9123]

@@0249er yeah theh do live around the gulf but they are only majority in khuzestan , you know what i mean , in other provinces they r few minority

[@Sara-bs9rz]

The eastern side of the Gulf is also Arab. Iran has occupied the Arab state of Al-Ahwaz with the help of Britain. The Gulf from all sides is Arab, and it will remain an Arab Gulf.

[@shaneslr9123]

@@Sara-bs9rz remain ? 😂😂 it is remaining persian gulf as it has always been . only 1/6th of the population of ahvaz is arab ! There are as many persian living in arab countries as there are arabs in iran 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️! And also Occupied ? Ahvaz has been part of iran from 400 years ago ! You dont have the right to talk about the brits , your states are literaly made by britain !! Let us educate ourself before commenting on any political or historical issue 💙

[@shaneslr9123]

@Arkam Knight اره حالا من منظورم فورم الان ایرانه ک تغریبا چهارصد سالست دیگه از دوران صفوی .

[@alitajari6693]

Thank you very much for telling the truth to everyone

[@ali.iranpatriot]

As an Iranian, I respect all countries and their interests, including Arab countries. I also ask them to respect Iran and Iran's interests. But the Arabs are trying to attack Iran's national interests with oil money and knowing that the current government of the Islamic Republic does not value the interests and national identity of Iran. But I must say that the people of Iran will fight for their country until the last person, but they will not allow anyone to be attacked. Remember the Iran war (Iraq + the whole world). Rest assured, Iranians will return to their ancient glory after the Islamic Republic.

[@mohammed44_]

Ali you seems really against the current regime, sometimes we need to tolerate how things go on their way, I am saudi and our books call it depending on the map type, any map for historical empires call it persian, while any recent name around oil era call it arabian, google maps also call it arabian and pretty much any new map.

[@Anthony-rz5kw]

As an Arab, I believe the Persian Gulf is a much more realistic and suitable name for it given that the Persians had more historical use to the waterway than the tribal states located on the other side of the waterway

[@user-lg3fu9pb9j]

As an Iranian thank you. And a fun fact : in south of Iran Iranians are Arab

[@faridcyrus4625]

Exactly. It is historically called the Persian Gulf

[@scharamkhani5781]

My friend i live in southern iran. I have lot of arabs friends. Throughout history that called always persian golf even greek historian herodot called persian golf for more than 2000 years.

[@alijay5562]

I do agree with you my friend, I'm from Iran

[@antidweller6373]

Yes, Arabs have the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf of Oman (which is arab) anyway :-)

[@awsomemodels]

You pretty much nailed the explanation !

[@Kia_006]

It always has been and will be PERSIAN GULF.🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷❤❤❤❤

[@Ghost-op6qj]

(There are thousands of old and current documents that say that the name of this gulf is the Persian Gulf) And Thanks For Crate This Video

[@nanoguy-ob2tb]

Arabia already has the Arabian Sea + history of the gulf so Iran has every right to refer to it as the Persian Gulf just like almost everyone else

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

No it's the Chaldean sea or the lower sea, since Assyrians and Sumerians

[@nashmi-8609]

Both coasts inhibited by the arabs So it's arabian gulf

[@mohammadjavadBakhshi]

@@nashmi-8609 That's Persian Gulf for ever🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷 we pass it by blood✌🇮🇷

[@malolelei3937]

@@nashmi-8609 Aren't you Palestinian? Show some gratitude dude, at least for the sake of fooling Iranians. Iran is the only actual supporter of your country. Your beloved Arab states of the Persian Gulf are in bed with israel. They are even recognizing the West Bank as israeli territory. Have a nice non-stop flight next time you wanna go on vacation from Tel aviv to Bahrain or Dubai 😉

[@nashmi-8609]

@@malolelei3937 Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not palestinian

[@Borhan82]

It is clear that the name of this gulf is the Persian Gulf and also this gulf has been called the Persian Gulf for more than 2500 years. It is also registered in all international organizations including UNESCO and UN. #Persian_Gulf_forever👑🇮🇷🇺🇿🇹🇯🇦🇫👑

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

We Afghans are not Persians, neither are Uzbeks.

[@monarchistheadcrab8819]

@@GreaterAfghanistanMovement wrong The majority of people in Afghanistan are Persian, and there is a large number of Persians in today's Uzbekistan.

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

@@monarchistheadcrab8819 No they are not, the majority are Pashtun. Only Persians are in Herat province because it used to be part of Persia.

[@savereyy8177]

@@monarchistheadcrab8819 no tf

[@erfangorgani2485]

@@monarchistheadcrab8819 Afghans are pashtun but the important thing is that pashtun is from Iranian culture group

[@rezaamini374]

it's more then 3000 years that all maps and all Cultures know it as the Persian gulf .so let the history goes on.

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

3000 years ago there were nothing called persia

[@hamidjafarzadeh2185]

Is Persian gulf for ever🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@fordmostang9085]

It’s Persian gulf no matter what

[@dunnowy123]

Persian Gulf, devoid of any politics or history, just sounds better. It rolls off the tongue easier. So it's the one I, as a total neutral here, will go with.

[@eavocado5890pppj]

The word Arab is pretty hard for English speakers to pronounce correctly, it’s because of Arabic letters not found in English that make Arabic names and words weird in English.

[@alirezaee1351]

Im really proud of the People around the world even arabs which stay on the side of truth not money nothing, I think if we go on this way this world would be better place. Persian Golf for ever love from Iran

[@EridanusYT]

Gulf Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

[@f.irannn]

@@EridanusYT ایرانی ها موقع تمسخر به سر عمر اشاره میکنن خوب میدونی چیمیگم عرب سوسمار خور 😂☕☕🗿🇮🇷💪

[@Persian_Gulf168]

@@f.irannn داداش هوای خلیج فارسو داشته باش نمیذاریم این عربا تغیرش بدن

[@alitajari6693]

Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel calls the Persians the "first Historical People".

[@NOPENUHUHNOPENOPE]

Tell you how to do the best to do you think it’s just a real thing lol I just got off the phone call from the office to see what the people do I know is a lot about the same people and people don’t even get it in the middle of nowhere lol I just don’t want them in my h

[@alitajari6693]

​@@NOPENUHUHNOPENOPE Well, I suggest you offer them to read about Jundishapur University, Shahr-e Sukhteh (the Burnt City), Scientists like al-Khwarizmi, The history of Iran and so on. Just accept the fact, ok?! LOL. happy Yalda (Yaldā Night or Chelle Night is an Iranian Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year.) and Merry Christmas to you

[@user-kh4xe4hf7o]

The Semitic civilization of Dilmun, Sumer, Elam and Babylon is older than Iran, the history of Iran starts from 626 BC only

[@khalidraed9129]

@@user-kh4xe4hf7o elam not simitic

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

@@user-kh4xe4hf7o Sumer and Elam were not Semitic civilizations lol.

[@manshoe1738]

arabs have their own sea, let the persians have their own gulf

[@yousuf6382]

Arabs are Semites Arabs are the indigenous people of the Middle East The Persians invade.d they come from India after the invasion of Babylon The Gulf is Arabic / Semitic

[@user-ok1st5ir1y]

The Gulf is Arab, and the Persians do not own an inch of the land and waters of the Arabian Gulf. Its eastern and western banks are inhabited by Arabs, and the entire history of the Persians does not know the names of sailors, and we did not know that the Persians extracted or traded with marine pearls extracted from the Arabian Gulf, like the Arabs

[@manshoe1738]

@@yousuf6382 the Persian nation was formed in fars, which is on the coast of the Persian gulf

[@manshoe1738]

@@user-ok1st5ir1y the Persians own half the gulf

[@yousuf6382]

@@manshoe1738 lol.. the Persian nation was formed in India .. the Persians came from India after fa|l of Babylon, not from the Middle East The Middle East is the land of the Semites

[@amirhosseindaneshmandian8665]

Viva Persia, Iran and Persian Gulf forever

[@jeffgreen2194]

@ab m lol arabs are the ones who look like indians

[@sam-wi4ci]

@@jeffgreen2194 lol😂😂😂

[@living_peace]

@ab m you should back Armenian and Greece land and you back to Mongolia with other Turkish brother Love iran from Russia 🇷🇺🇮🇷🇷🇺🇮🇷

[@s.lucifer5631]

@ab m wrong it's not occupied arabs were the one who occupied it. And assimilated the iranians

[@Melia_67]

You say that while living in the west after escaping Persia because it's a shithole, how cute.

[@teqteps5786]

Arabic golf can be the name of a new sport that is played on the backs of camels. But the Persian Gulf is the real name of this bay. Because while the Arabs were still living in tents, the Persians had one of the largest navies in the world. All Arab countries had no identity before the Ottoman Empire and were just one of the Ottoman states. But after the discovery of oil, they try to add an "َ Arabian " word before the name of each place.

[@aflam21212]

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, when the Persians were in the palaces and glory of their empire, the tent-owners had defeated the empire that had been fighting the Romans for a thousand years, and the Romans and Persians had been subjugated by the tent-owners. Do not mock the tent-owners so that you would not see the Arabs in Shah Khomeini’s palace

[@ashkan5005]

@@aflam21212 كلما نظرت وراء أذنيك سترى إيران أيضًا ، من حيث القوة العسكرية ، إيران هي أقوى العرب الذين يأكلون الجراد

[@aflam21212]

@@ashkan5005 ايران مجلودة من العرب من ١٤٠٠ سنه ههههههههه

[@hishamalaker491]

Lol still the Arabs occupied Persia for centuries also didnt a ''Arab'' Prophet mohammed (pbuh) recieve the revelation so the prophet of the religion that most persians follow is a Arab yet they keep insulting arabs says alot for the people who introduced them their religion.

[@rezgive2322]

​@@hishamalaker491they couldn't conquer it,North of Persia(Mazandaran) had an uprising and many Arabs lost the battle and ran away. Plus Many people didn't accept Islam in persia and followed the zarastka(زرتشت)years later and many people don't follow the religion Arabs brought. If Arabs did colonize Persia/Iran,we should have spoken Arabic and yet for thousands of years,we speak Persian. Read history and understand that Arabs got their butt kicked when they tried to fight with Persians. Not to mention that the aftermath of what happend in response to the invaders. Those who never read history are bound to repeat it.

[@poriya3889]

Long live Persian gulf 🇮🇷🇮🇷🤍

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦 now go worship Ali he is an Arab from us😂😂

[@EridanusYT]

Gulf Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

[@Im_great_cyrus]

​@@EridanusYTdo u know who is piroz nahavandi??? So go cry for your poor Umar 😘😘😂😂

[@Animaster89]

Persian gulf, as its the name it was given initially, unless theres a compelling reason to change it into arabian. Also its stupid to assume just because its called arabian or persian the water belongs to you. That would be the idealistic standpoint. The realistic one though is: name it after the more powerfull/influencial one

[@TheWizardGamez]

I’m that case the French would be actively working to change the English Channel to the French channel, and Germany and Sweden the danish straits to (insert name here)

[@thehumanoddity]

Well the Chinese did it so why can't the Arabians and the Persians do it? Hmmm.

[@munachisoezepue690]

@@thehumanoddity Because if the Arabs do it, Iran will turn the middle east into a Fallout apocalyptic scene

[@Zaabi]

@@munachisoezepue690 cuz the Iranian occupation regime is a weakling

[@comradesam3029]

The Gulf of America.

[@blackconsevative]

Glad you are back!

[@deutschthomas2751]

Recently CN who are friends to the both side has got criticism from Iran when the declaration with Arabian countries said that Tunibs problem need to be solved diplomatically(RU has also faced the similar case later)

[@hadi_20008]

Persian Gulf ❤️

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦 now go worship Ali he is an Arab from us😂😂

[@EridanusYT]

Gulf Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

[@rjheisenberg839]

@@EridanusYT hahahaha funny joke 🤣🤣 which circus do you work?

[@ermia4886]

@@EridanusYTgulf Abu Lulu

[@Lords1997]

Pretty sure the rule is name it after whatever is above it. Hence The Straights of Gibraltar, English Channel, Indian Ocean, etc

[@crkcrk702]

Arctic Ocean :0

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

Antarctic Ocean?

[@Lords1997]

@@OptimisticNihilist15 still below it. If you’re traveling S to N. Plus they’ve only just acknowledged the Antarctic as an ocean so we’ll call it an outlier lol

[@TheBaegislash]

Ok then explain Lake St Clair when St. Clair College is south-west of it. Checkmate liberal.

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

@@TheBaegislash I don't know if you are joking or serious at this point

[@ho3einxerxes988]

Persian were live in the gulf's coast for tausends years,but arabs became larger in 100 years ago .so it's PERSIAN GULF and will still PERSIAN🇮🇷🦁☀️🇮🇷

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

Iran was part of Arabia

[@YourMomsEx99]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 How funny you are I think you are saying the opposite? Isn't that so?

[@ho3einxerxes988]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 when?1400 years ago but arabia was part of iran 2600 years ago😂.

[@ho3einxerxes988]

@@medalaeeladlani5683 we live on this land from 7000 years ago and you can not delete it from history😂

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

@@ho3einxerxes988 no you stupid lier, there were nothing called Persia before 500 Bc, and that means 2500 years ago, and those nomadic Persian came from east they have nothing to do with what used to be called lower sea or Chaldean sea in the times if Sumerians and Assyrians. Persian culture is a copy past of mesopotamian one. Go cry away

[@pedramraof8808]

Real name: PERSIAN GULF Fake name : Arabian gulf

[@mosielatb9341]

That is Persian gulf and will be Persian gulf. States of Great Iran(Achaemenid's States) will be back to its right owner soon.

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

i prefer Omayads

[@pirouz8042]

It was the Persian Gulf, is the Persian Gulf and will forever be the Persian Gulf.

[@AbUMuawiya551]

Hahahaha 🤣😂 no is Arabic gulf not persian

[@pirouz8042]

@@AbUMuawiya551😂 dream on

[@AbUMuawiya551]

@@pirouz8042 All the inhabitants surrounding the Arabian Gulf are all Arabs, even from the Iranian side. They are all Arabs from Ahvaz to southeast Iran

[@sarahlashani2280]

@@AbUMuawiya551 source!?

[@s.lucifer5631]

@@AbUMuawiya551 fake news. There are many Iranians there

[@gholamhassanteymoori4779]

This has been called Persian Gulf for more than 2000 years. Please research a little bit and look at oldest map of the region. Calling it anything else would be a sign of lack of knowledge which obviously Arabic countries are suffering from. There is Arabian Sea also in the map and no one put any issue on that even tough there are not many Arabs around it. I think it is more of the trouble-making mind set of some Arab countries who can not live without problem. Hope one day Arabs and Islamic world would learn how to live in peace together. LOVE & PEACE

[@sultan9334]

Arabian Gulf*🇸🇦

[@gholamhassanteymoori4779]

@@sultan9334 😘😘

[@f.irannn]

@@sultan9334 😂😂😂😁خنده دار بود

[@sultan9334]

@@f.irannn go worship Ali😂😂

[@unsupportedletters5561]

@@sultan9334you’re helpless

[@mr.alireza3753]

I am an Iranian or another name Persian. It is very important for us that its name is Persian Gulf, because it already belongs to us, and if its name is to be changed, it seems that something has diminished from the very existence of all the people of my country. For the people of my country, it is much more than a bay

[@jth6587]

It is our gulf..you have nothing to do with it..you are Persians, you occupied this area and exited from it, and the Arabs still live in this gulf .

[@Ahmed-zj6ld]

​@@aflam21212 not even your british grandfather made us submit to that disgusting name

[@Sinarafizade]

@@jth6587 shut up. Try to say Persian gulf

[@alimoradi4539]

@@jth6587kid😂😂😂

[@alimoradi4539]

@@jth6587 pls serch in google and see😂😂

[@JAlucard77]

It always made me wonder why orginally the 1991 US war was called the Persian Gulf war, now is only simply called the Gulf War.

[@aileen4814]

It’s always been the Persian gulf tho not the Arabs trying to take something that isn’t theirs again 😂

[@Jab505]

It’s called the Arabian gulf because even in the other side from the Arabian Peninsula in Iran the people living in that province a long the whole coast are also Arab and they called Ahwaz and they used to have their own country but now they are under occupation by the Iranian so it’s the Arabian gulf but they want to steel the name too by calling it Persian gulf

[@user-rn2eb7ow6h]

Studies confirmed. It has been an Arab since prehistoric times. And that Iran's control over him in limited periods, is not proof that he is Persian. These Arab tribes have inhabited the Gulf since ancient times. That is, he is Arab, and revolutions take place in Iran from time to time. I do not care about what you call games. If you search a little in the history books, you will understand that its inhabitants are Arabs on both sides.

[@nour4828]

Oh so it's your gulf now??! Seriously? Lmao

[@user-rn2eb7ow6h]

@@nour4828 I hope you are talking about the facts, not talking nonsense

[@caspian6663]

@XdrakesXxxX I'm no Persian empire fanboy, but the Arabs were no better. They were subjugated by the Ottoman Empire and had to resort to getting help from Christian, western powers like Great Britain to even stand up against an empire that was already dying. While Khalid was a phenomenal general, Arabic militaries were famously known for being ineffective and extremely weak after the Abbasids. Not much to brag about here considering Sassanid Persia was already in a worse condition than the Ottoman Empire during WW2.

[@excaliburlizard2699]

the term arabian gulf could also refer to the red sea and the gulf of aden, just using the arabian peninsula. taking the arab people into it would make many places also fit to be called arabian gulf. but persian/iranian gulf, everybody would know where that is

[@mohamedahmed7190]

مرحبا Hello

[@realtalk6195]

Red Sea, yes. Gulf of Aden, no. Somalia and Djibouti aren't Arab, only Yemen is. Most KZbinrs, at least, seem to have no clue that there is no correlation between the "Arab League" and being Arab in either language or ethnicity. It annoys me when they use that AL map on videos and it hurts their credibility. Djibouti, Somalia and Comoros are in the AL despite hardly anyone there even speaking Arabic, whereas Chad isn't in the AL despite half the population there speaking Arabic. There are also over a million nomad Shuwa Arabs and Diffa Arabs in West Africa and Central Africa (excluding Chad). So no correlation.

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

@@realtalk6195 Gulf of Aden doesn’t have many Somalians and they only recently expanded into Zeila and Djibouti which were owned by Aksum before

[@siratshi455]

Now that makes sense to me I was leaning towards the Arabian gulf, but let it stay Persian I guess

[@nour4828]

Nobody calls the red sea or the gulf of aden the Arabian gulf lol

[@surenasafari7957]

As a Persian i call it the Persian gulf.