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	Strait of Hormuz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Strait of Hormuz (تنگه هرمز in Persian) is a relatively narrow stretch of ocean between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest.
		On the north coast is Iran and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and an exclave of Oman.
		On July 3, 1988, the Strait of Hormuz was site of one of the most controversial tragedies in aviation history: Iran Air Flight 655, an Airbus A300 medium-sized passenger jet was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser, USS Vincennes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz (499 words)

	HORMUZ - LoveToKnow Article on HORMUZ
		The name Hormuz is derived by some from that of the Persian god Hormuzd (Ormazd), but it is more likely that the original etymology was connected with khurrna, a date ; for the meaning of Moghistan the modern name of the territory Harmozia is the region of date-palms.
		About the year 1300 Hormuz was so severely and repeatedly harassed by raids of Tatar horsemen that the king and his people abandoned their city on the mainland and transferred themselves to the island of Jerun (Organa of Nearchus), about 12 m.
		For more than a century Hormuz remained practically in the dominions of Portugal, though the hereditary prince, paying from his revenues a tribute to Portugal (in lieu of which eventually the latter took the whole of the customs collections), continued to be the instrument of government.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HORMUZ.htm (1710 words)

	Iranica.com - HORMUZ
		In 1228, the Hormuz ruler conquered Qays (the present-day Kiæ) Island for the Ata@baks, to whom it was transferred in 1230.
		Hormuz continued to prosper under Portuguese rule, despite a local revolt in 1521-22 and naval attacks by the Ottomans in 1552 and in 1581 (Barbosa, I, pp.
		Hormuz was not only important from an economic and military point of view in Portuguese strategy, but also became the launching pad for Portuguese missionary activities in Persia and the Middle East until 1622.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v12f5/v12f5022b.html (3387 words)

	Hormuz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hormuz is distorted from the Persian Ohrmuzd, meaning Ahura Mazda.
		The Strait of Hormuz, part of the Persian Gulf.
		The Kingdom of Ormus, or the island of Hormoz, on which this kingdom was centred.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hormuz (101 words)

	The Hormuz & Malacca Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the bottom end of the 600 mile long Persian (Arabian) Gulf, the Straits of Hormuz, at their narrowest point are just 34 miles across, between the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
		Vessels transiting the Straits of Hormuz, have to adhere to strict traffic separation schemes, which provide 2 mile wide channels for inbound and outward bound vessels, with a 2 mile buffer zone in between.
		Such volumes make the Straits of Hormuz strategically vital, and at times of international tension in the Middle East, U.S. and British naval vessels are always present to ensure the continued flow of oil.
	www.geocities.com /uksteve.geo/canal5.html (251 words)

	Bahrain Government Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In spite of the failure of the Moghul attack on Goa they returned once again with a stronger force because the Portuguese were threatening their communications by staging an attack on the Gulf This danger made the Portuguese try to end Arab power in the Gulf quickly with force.
		Hormuz thus was exposed to disturbances and instability because of the conflict over rule but matters settled down for Saifuddin Mahar who was able to consolidate himself in the year 839 W1435 AD.
		He was described by Ibn Ayas as the King of lands from Bahrain to Hormuz and the commander of all Arabs of Bani Jubr tribe.
	www.bahrain.gov.bh /english/bahrain/books/ages2/Chapter5_2.asp (1571 words)

	Bahrain Government Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hormuz passed under the authority of Khwaja Attar as Sultan Ajwad Bin Zamil passed away.
		However, the Portuguese exploited the conflict between Hormuz and Bahrain and sent their ships to the area and played a dirty trick by aligning with Hormuz for helping them in their attack against Bahrain and later attacked it for their benefit.
		Historic events were witnessed by Bahrain in the year 926 H/1520 AD during which the Portuguese joined hands with the ruler of Hormuz in his attack on Bahrain and in equipping a big fleet and raising a big army with guns.
	www.bahrain.gov.bh /english/bahrain/books/ages2/Chapter4_3.asp (1676 words)

	The Story of Qalhat
		city in the Arab Gulf was Hormuz, situated on a small island near the mouth of the Arab Gulf.
		Hormuz controlled many of the towns lying on the Arabian coast, including : Qalhat, Quriyat, Muscat and Sohar.
		Every year many ships sailed from Hormuz and Qalhat to India with cargoes of horses, dates, pearls and salt.
	www.nwnet.co.uk /qalhat/yaqub/qalhat.htm (324 words)

	HORMUZ - Illustrations of Hormuz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 17th Century map indicates the bell shaped island of Hormuz (Ormus’;) at the Strait of Hormuz, the islands of ‘Larequa, Queixome’ and ‘Anga’ with sketches of the various fortifications including ‘Feitoriados Igrezes’ and ‘Comoram’ on the Persian mainland.
		Hormuz as pictured by Correia, Lendas da India (reproduced in Cortesao e Mato, Portugaliae)
		Elevation of the old town of Hormuz drawn by A W Stiffe showing the fort on the right and the minaret to the left
	www.dataxinfo.com /hormuz/illustrations.htm (201 words)

	The Portuguese in the Arabia peninsula and in the Persic Gulf: Hormuz, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrein, Iran, Saudi ...
		The Portuguese in Arabia Peninsula and in the Persic Gulf (Hormuz, Oman, Mascate, Bahrein).
		The remains of the underground water cisterns of the Portuguese fort in Hormuz.
		The Portuguese forts in the Straits of Hormuz.
	www.colonialvoyage.com /hormuz.html (1763 words)

	Iranica.com - HORMUZ
		HORMUZ (Hormoz, Ormuz, Ormus), an island and a strategic strait (Tanga-ye Hormoz) in the Persian Gulf, linking it to the Gulf of Oman, as well as the name of a medieval port near the strait.
		Firsthand Greek observation of the region is more likely to have taken place during Nearchus's voyage, however, as it was in his direct interest to survey the Persian coast, whereas the later voyages were more concerned with exploring the Arabian side of the Straits and the western shores of the Arabian Sea.
		The archeological evidence of occupation around Mina@b in the Sasanian era is complemented by a disputed reference to Hormuz as the seat of a Nestorian bishopric.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v12f5/v12f5022a.html (972 words)

	WHKMLA : Portuguese Capture of Hormuz, 1515
		Then, the King of Hormuz was able to stir up dispute among the Portuguese, and de Albuquerque had to withdraw.
		Hormuz was taken and a Portuguese fort established.
		The King of Hormuz, Turan Shah, had to swear allegiance to the King of Portugal (April 1st 1515).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/hormuz1515.html (213 words)

	Strait of Hormuz
		The Strait of Hormuz is a relatively narrow stretch of ocean between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest.
		On the north coast is Iran and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and an enclave of Oman.
		Compare Hormuz to Ormus, Ohrmuzd, Ahura Mazdah and Hormoz (a small island in the north of the strait)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/Strait_of_Hormuz.html (93 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Strait of Hormuz
		Hormuz, Strait of, narrow waterway, linking the Persian Gulf on the west, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea on the east.
		It leads through the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian Gulf.
		Bandar-e ‘Abbās city in southern Iran, capital of Hormuzagan province, located on the northern shore of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which...
	encarta.msn.com /Strait_of_Hormuz.html (138 words)

	Strait of Hormuz
		The Strait of Hormuz (تنگهٔ هرمز in Persian) is a relatively narrow stretch of ocean between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest.
		On July 3, 1988, the Strait of Hormuz was site of one of the most controversial tragedies in aviation history: Iran Air Flight 655, an Airbus A300 medium-sized passenger jet was shot down under "mysterious" circumstances by the United States Navy cruiser, USS Vincennes (CG-49).
		Everybody on board (mostly women and children) were killed, and an international situation was barely avoided, as the American president George H. Bush said "I will never apologise for what Americans do", the Iranian president vowed revenge on the Americans.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/s/st/strait_of_hormuz.html (445 words)

	Iran - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The only large plains are found along the coast of the Caspian Sea and at the northern end of the Persian Gulf, where Iran borders on the mouth of the Arvand river (Shatt al-Arab).
		Smaller, discontinuous plains are found along the remaining coast of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.
		The Iranian climate is mostly arid or semiarid, though subtropical along the Caspian coast.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Iran (1414 words)

	Journal of the Geological Society: Effect of spatial distribution of Hormuz salt on deformation style in the Zagros ...
		Among these units, the Neo-Proterozoic Hormuz salt overlying the crystalline basement is the most important unit and has controlled the deformation style of the southeastern Zagros (Fig.
		As there is no complete exposure of stratigraphic sequence of Hormuz salt within the belt, its initial composition, thickness and geographical extension are estimated from the distribution of numerous extruding salt diapirs.
		The distribution of the viscous layer, which simulated Hormuz salt, was such that in some parts of the models, the sand layer was resting directly on the rigid substrate (Fig.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3721/is_200309/ai_n9249183 (1465 words)

	Persian Gulf Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, is a 600-mile-long body of water which separates Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, and one of the most strategic waterways in the world due to its importance in world oil transportation.
		Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz account for roughly two-fifths of all world traded oil, and closure of the Strait of Hormuz would require use of longer alternate routes (if available) at increased transportation costs.
		The 15.0-15.5 million bbl/d or so of oil which transit the Strait of Hormuz goes both eastwards to Asia (especially Japan, China, and India) and westwards (via the Suez Canal, the Sumed pipeline, and around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa) to Western Europe and the United States.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/pgulf.html (2142 words)

	Strait of Hormuz -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is 350 miles (560 km) long and connects with the Persian Gulf to the northwest through the Strait of Hormuz.
		Its length is 615 miles (989 kilometres), and its width varies from a maximum of 210 miles to a minimum of 35 miles in the Strait of Hormuz.
		Covering an area of 119,500 square miles (309,500 square kilometers), Oman is bordered by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman on the north, the Arabian Sea on the east, Yemen on the southwest, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the west.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9041064?tocId=9041064 (938 words)

	.: Hormoz Bunkering and Shiping Services :.
		Although Hormuz Bunkering is set to operate out of the Qeshm FTZ, the island still needs development of port infrastructure to make use of its strategic position at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz.
		Hormuz Bunkering intends to price their bunkers at a similar level as Fujairah, and clearly aims for a share of the region's thriving bunker market.
		Stroev would not be drawn on initial targets for bunkering volumes, but Hormuz Bunkering has ambitions to generate a substantial turnover due to its strategic position in the world's main oil producing region.
	www.hbsq-co.com (638 words)

	Case Study
		he Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea and represents one of the world's most important oil chokepoints with approximately 14 million barrels per day(b/d) of oil being exported.
		Since the Strait of Hormuz represents a majotr oil transit point if a war were to erupt the enviornmental damage caused by oil spills would be catastrophic to the natural marine life as well as the economies of the nations wihtin this region.
		he Straits of Hormuz and the waters of the Gulf are home to a variety of species(some pictured above) including green and hawksbill turtles, dugongs, finless porpoise, gold lipped pearl oysters, and a medley of birds including the Dalmatian pelican, pygmy cormorant, and the lesser white footed goose.
	www.american.edu /TED/ice/hormuz.htm (2392 words)

	Encyclopedia: Strait of Hormuz
		Qeshm is an island situated in the Strait of Hormuz off the south coast of Iran and east of the Persian Gulf.
		The Greater and Lesser Tunbs (in Persian: تنب بزرگ و تنب کوچک; Tunb-e Buzurg and Tunb-e Kuchak) (tunb is Persian for hilly place) are two Iranian islands situated along the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and part of the Iranian province of Hormozgan.
		On July 3, 1988, the Strait of Hormuz was site of one of the most controversial tragedies in aviation history: Iran Air Flight 655, an Airbus A300 medium-sized passenger jet was shot down by the United States Navy cruiser, USS Vincennes (CG-49).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Strait-of-Hormuz (1197 words)

	HORMUZ - RGS Expedition
		A study of the remains at the site in Ghubb 'Ali inlet indicated three periods of occupation extending from the Abbasid period to the seventeenth century when it is possible that the population shifted to the present village at the end of the inlet.
		The occurrence of a finely-stamped ware known from kilns near Old Hormuz was of interest as evidence of trade between the two regions, probably during the fourteenth century or later, and the presence of this ware on sites at the head of Wadi al 'Ayn behind Khasab suggests a generally stable economy.
		Khasab itself could not be fully explored, but the small re-entrant in which the expedition's camp was sited had clearly been used by earlier occupants whose rubbish included fourteenth-century pottery and some fragments of good quality Chinese porcelain.
	www.dataxinfo.com /hormuz/rgsoman.htm (977 words)

	datadubai.com - History of the Gulf
		Finally they found themselves in the Kingdom of Hormuz which was dominated by an Arab ruling family from Qalhat, a city on the coast of Oman.
		The authority of the kings of Hormuz extended to Bahrain, the south coast of Iran, a great part of the UAE and the coast of Oman.
		They were expelled from Hormuz by Shah Abbas in 1622, with the help of the British East India Company.
	www.datadubai.com /history2.htm (2729 words)

	Iran's Restless Youth Seek Fresh Answers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HORMUZ SHARIAT: Yes, they’re looking everywhere, because there is a vacuum, a spiritual vacuum in their lives.
		HORMUZ SHARIAT: The challenge of the church is to function in a society that their not free to evangelize and to disciple.
		HORMUZ SHARIAT: It is increasing because their numbers are increasing.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/cwn/102904RestlessYouth.asp?option=print (550 words)

	Arabian Gauntlet
		The Energy Information Administration projects that oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will double from approximately 15 million barrels of oil in 2005 to 30-34 million barrels per day by 2020, suggesting that ensuring the free flow of oil through the Strait will continue to be an important mission.
		The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway separating the Arabian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman and the North Arabian Sea, is only about 40 miles wide, and is 34 miles wide at its narrowest point.
		Tehran's ability to interdict the Strait of Hormuz with air, surface and sub-surface naval units, as well as mines and missiles remains a concern.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/arabian-gauntlet.htm (1976 words)

	Law Abstracts Sheddi
		It involves an evaluation of the policies of the Gulf States towards the applicable legal regime of passage through the Strait of Hormuz and their reactions towards both the 1958 and 1982 Conventions on the Law of the Sea.
		Special attention is made to the practice of the States bordering the Strait of Hormuz as contained in their national laws.
		Our analysis of the applicable legal regime of passage through the Strait of Hormuz is conducted in the light of the prevailing international rules governing passage through international straits.
	www.library.ubc.ca /law/abstracts/sheddi.html (168 words)

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