Archive Editions Ltd, January 2005

From: ArchiveEdn@aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:37:53 EST
Subject: THE PERSIAN GULF - Historical Nomenclature
To: sahand3707@yahoo.com

Dear friend

As historical publishers we are aware that the term 'Persian Gulf' is the traditional name of that body of water, and is also the term specified by the United Nations. Numerous of our publications use this term, such as 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf,' 'Persian Gulf Historical Summaries,' 'Political Diaries of the Persian Gulf,' 'Records of the Persian Gulf Pearl Fisheries,' etc.

As it happens our map collections include more than one Aramco map from the early 1950s referring to 'al-khaleej al-farsi.'

In one or two cases in the past we have used the terms '! Gulf' or 'Arab Gulf' where the published material referred to the Arab side only. In the case of the title you have recently noticed - one of our older titles concerning oil concessions on the Arab side - we will change this title when the time comes for a reprint. For some time now we have not used any other than the term 'Persian Gulf' in our work.

We stress that we are independent publishers of the historical record for the benefit of scholars, and we are free of any financial influence and any political or governmental affiliation.

Sincerely

James M Dening, Publisher

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