Keeping
Tabs (Wilbur Smith Associates), July 2004
-----Original Message-----
From: Dabestani, Cina [mailto:Cina.Dabestani@VirginiaDOT.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 6:06 AM
To: 'Danielle Gadow'
Cc: 'suggestion@persiangulfonline.org'
Subject: RE: The name is PERSIAN GULF!!!
Hello Ms. Gadow:
Thank you for your response and delighted to have helped to make the
correction as Iranians all over the world do take this issue very seriously
and on behalf of Persian Gulf Task Force, I extend my thanks to you
for insuring the oversight is corrected.
Cina S. Dabestani
Transportation Engineer
Transportation Planning Section
Virginia Department of Transportation
703.383.2215
Cina.Dabestani@VirginiaDOT.Org
-----Original Message-----
From: Danielle Gadow [mailto:dgadow@wilbursmith.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:09 AM
To: Dabestani, Cina
Subject: FW: The name is PERSIAN GULF!!!
Dear Cina.Dabestani:
Thank you for bringing to our attention the error in misnaming the
Persian Gulf in our June issue of Keeping Tabs. Please be assured that
this was an inadvertent error and we intend to print a correction in
a future issue.
Danielle Gadow
Public Relations Manager
Editor of Keeping Tabs
Wilbur Smith Associates
(803) 758-4531
-----Original Message-----
From: Dabestani, Cina [mailto:Cina.Dabestani@VirginiaDOT.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:12 AM
To: 'mktg@wilbursmith.com'
Cc: 'suggestion@persiangulfonline.org'
Subject: The name is PERSIAN GULF!!!
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am writing this e-mail with great concerns over your last issue of
"Keeping Tabs" (June 2004). I am delighted to see your company
is progressing and is involved in great projects all over the world
and in particular PERSIAN GULF.
Your June issue is calling this body of water between IRAN and Persian
Gulf Emirates with an INCORRECT name (first age first paragraph).
Please note that:
The National Geographic Society, the premier source for all matters
geographic, only refers to the Persian Gulf by that name:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/plates.html?id=7700
This is also the only term used by the U.S. Department of State:
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2422.htm
or
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2404.htm
which is also the only name recognized by the United Nations with its
22 Arab members:
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/westasia.pdf
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iran.pdf
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/docs/escwa.pdf
I've submitted the above links in order to support my position and
clear any confusion as to what to call the Persian Gulf.
I hope you will take appropriate action to correct this mistake and
advise your editorial team to show some professionalism in the future
by using the proper name for the Persian Gulf.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Historical Facts:
Historical maps and Information on Iran the Persian Gulf:
http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~ssaba/iraninfo/info.html
Map of Iran published by Encyclopedia Britannica and posted on Merriam-Webster
Originally Posted at http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?iran
Map of Iran published by MapQuest and posted on HRW World Atlas website
Originally Posted at http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iran.htm
Map of Persian Gulf region by Microsoft Corp. posted on Expedia website
Originally Posted at http://www.expedia.com
Persia & Afghanistan - 1854 map by S. Hall for possible listing
on our website. It is published by A & C Black and clearly depicts
the Persian Gulf and the area from the Tigris River in the West to the
Indus River in the East from Baldwin maps (http://www.baldwinsmaps.com/maps/926.jpg)
http://www.persiangulfonline.org/2-1856map.htm
Persian Gulf 1856, illustrating the travels of General Ferrier in Persia
and Afghanistan - small version
* Medium sized version
* Full version
Sasanian Empire from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1994
Persian Empire, 500BC
Persian Gulf 1606
Political Map of the Persian Gulf Region by Latimer Clarke Corporation,
1998
United Arab Emirates Map
National Geographic Map
Perry-Castañeda Library Maps, 2003 US Government
* Full version
Persian Gulf from a Satellite
Another Satellite Image
A map of the Persian Gulf region from 500 B.C.
MUNSTER, Sebastian. Tabula Asiae IIII. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1540.
265 x 345. Woodcut; old manuscript annotations mainly to margin but
some on the map that do not detract. Shows the whole of the Middle East
from the southern shores of Turkey across to the Persian Gulf (in the
bottom right corner) and the Nile delta.
MUNSTER, Sebastian. Tabvla Asiae VI. Basle, 1542, Latin text. 270
x 340. Woodcut; good condition, with minor contemporary ink anotations
in margins. One of the earlist separate maps of Arabia showing the land
surrounding the Red Sea and Persian Gulf including Saudi Arabia and
parts of Egypt. The woodcut designs on the verso is attributed to Holbein.
"Turky in Asia" from "A New Geographical and Historical
Grammar" by Thomas Salmon, 1767. Engraving by T. Phinn. Measures
8" x10" and has a stylized cartouche in the lower left corner.
This is an English map showing the Middle East from the Western Mediterranean
through Persia as far south as the Persian Gulf (in the bottom right
corner) and as far north as the Caspian Sea. Has some interesting details,
including the location of the ruins of Babel and the course of the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers. Map is age toned and has original folds.
"Persia with Part of the Ottoman Empire" by G. Long, M.A.,
1831. "Published Under the Superintendence of the Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" Engraved by J. & C. Walker.
13 1/2" x 16 1/2". A wonderful map of the Iraq/Iran area.
At the western edge is the River Euphrates flowing through "Irak"
and into the Persian Gulf with the "Bahrein" coast shown as
far south as the Quatar peninsula and Oman. Continues as far east as
the eastern border of Iran (labelled "Khorassan"). There are
many interesting annotations on the map (e.g. "36 days jouney from
Yezd to Dooshak for a loaded camel") and much other detail. Condition:
Some agetoning and some light spotting, one brown spot that looks like
a drip of a coffee, otherwise very good condition. Note: Scan does not
show margins of map.
What Arabs call Persian Gulf:
Another Persian Gulf map by an Arab scholar: Persian Gulf in Arab (Islamic)
Government by Sobhi Abdul-Karim, Cairo, 1965
Map of the Persian Gulf by an Arab publisher
A Saudi Arabian map from MapArt USA, 1996
Book Printing, Kabul 1968, writing by Mohammed Hosein Haikal (speech
writer for Jamal Abdul Nasser, past president of Egypt). These two individuals
started using the bogus name of the Arab Gulf.
Here is a map of the Persian Gulf by Arab scholar Dr. Hassan Ibrahim
Hassan from his book "Political History of Islam" in Arabic.
Published by Hejazi Printing House, Cairo, 1935
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Cina S. Dabestani
Transportation Engineer
Transportation Planning Section
Virginia Department of Transportation
703.383.2215
Cina.Dabestani@VirginiaDOT.Org
