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	Iranica.com - QESHM Island
		Qeshm's status as a major Hormuzi mercantile center is shown by the fact that, in late September1552, the Turkish commander Piri Re÷is raided it, seizing "a great quantity of goods, of gold and silver, and of cash...
		In the 1860s Qeshm exported blocks of salt to Muscat for re-export to Calcutta and east Africa; supplied "the whole circuit of the Persian Gulf with firewood"; and was still farmed on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat (Pelly, p.
		Qeshm is located in the midst of two of Iran's largest natural gas fields.
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/ot_grp5/ot_qeshm_20041020.html (2696 words)

	Geography of Iran: Qeshm Island (In Persian Gulf)
		Separated from the mainland by the straits of Khurân (Clarence Strait), Qeshm runs virtually parallel to the Persian coast between Bandar-e 'Abbâs in the east and Bandar-(e) Lenga in the west (Sailing directions for the Persian Gulf, p.
		Turning their attention to Hormuz, the Persians offered the Portuguese commander there Qeshm in return for 500,000 patacas and the port of Jolfâr on the Arabian coast; but the offer was rejected, and within a few months Hormuz itself was lost to the Persian and English forces (Slot, p.
		Suspicions that the Banu Ma'in were in league with Muscat's enemies, the Qawâsem, led to an attack on Qeshm in 1806 by the Omanis, by now staunch allies of the English, and the restoration of the tributary relationship (Al-Qasimi, 1986, pp.
	www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/qeshm.php (2734 words)

	Culture of Iran: A Monday Night Wedding in Qeshm Island
		The curtains of sand, and rugged nature of Qeshm Island are left behind while flowers dominate the wedding ceremony.
		Qeshm is made of relatively small communities and families are generally well acquainted before a wedding takes place.
		Today, a Qeshm bride wears a traditional white wedding gown, but in the past brides wore green.
	www.iranchamber.com /culture/articles/qeshm_wedding_ceremony.php (1333 words)

	Investment Opportunities in Qeshm Free Trade Areas
		Qeshm with an area of 1,400 square kilometres including 150 square km of tropical forests is the biggest Iranian island in the Persian Gulf.
		There are 200 km of paved roads on the Qeshm Island and a plan is underway to expand the Island's road network to 300 km by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (to end march 1995).
		Authorities of the Qeshm Free Trade Area are obliged to expedite the economic development of the Island by creating a favourable atmosphere for attraction of foreign investments.
	www.irvl.net /FIRAN23.HTM (1351 words)

	Qeshm Free Zone
		The Purpose of the Master Plan for Qeshm Free Area is to provide the overall framework and guidelines for development on the island, to be used by QFA and all other parties involved and participating in different aspects of the development activities.
		Qeshm Island is situated in the Strait of Hormuz, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Sea of Oman.
		Qeshm Island is assumed, under normal conditions, to be self reliant in respect of electricity generation.
	jonid.8m.com /Qeshm/qeshm_free_zone.htm (9742 words)

	Qeshm Island - Iran Special Weapons Facilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Qeshm Island is the largest island in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf.
		With an area of 1445 km2, a circumference of approximately 362 km, and a length of 122 km, the northern coast of the island is covered with mangrove forests.
		Qeshm island is located along the Iranian mainland, at one point only about 1.8 km distant from the mainland, and Qeshm City is about 22 km from Bandar Abbas.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/iran/facility/qeshm.htm (123 words)

	IRAN Ecommerce - Articles (Qeshm Free Zone (QFA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Qeshm thus stands watch over the channel through which the bulk of the world's oil and gas has always and shall, for the next 100 years, be transported.
		However, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has decided to optimize the important inherent comparative advantages of the island in order to allow it to contribute towards the economic reconstruction of the country which is the government's main objective for the 1990s.
		The transformation of Qeshm island into a FREE AREA is creating immense opportunities for the establishment of all types of economic activities.
	www.iranecommerce.net /Articles/Geshm.htm (380 words)

	Thunder Tour & Travel Co.: Qeshm Island
		From the Geology point of view, Qeshm Island is on the wrinkled region containing the Zagros mountain range most of whose hills and heights are of the calcareous type with sharp cuts.
		Qeshm also is the place for laying egg of the rare hawk bills turtle.
		There are a lot to see in Qeshm Island and one can spend a whole week to discover the Island leisurely.
	www.thundertour.com /qeshm.htm (274 words)

	Qeshm Iran
		Qeshm island is situated in the north of Hormoz straight.
		Qeshm city is located in the north-east of the island.
		In the time of Mongol upheaval, the Head of Touran tribe resided in Qeshm and tried to develop it, so he was entitled to Touranshah.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/city/Qeshm.html (266 words)

	Qeshm is the biggest island in Persian Gulf
		Even today, Qeshm has preserved its unique privileged position so that all the vessels heading towards the countries bordering the Persian Gulf have to cross the vicinity of the islands southern coasts and most of the flights originating from the eastern and western states go through Qeshm air space.
		Declaring Qeshm as a free industrial and trade zone in 2000 and ratification of solid progressive laws aiming to increase the coefficient of reliability of domestic and foreign investors provided the most proper atmosphere and responded to the demands of international investors in making investment in the area.
		Qeshm Free Zone mainly seeks to optimize the unique position of the island, convert it into a major economic and industrial hub, facilitate and promote export and import as well as the world up-dated scientific management and attract investment and advanced technology.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/mar/1107.html (563 words)

	:: WWW.QESHMTRAVELS.COM ::
		Both Qeshm and Al Jazira Traveland Tourism, under the same umbrella look into every prosandcorns of your travel requirements to anywhere in the world and make all arrangements to fulfill your ambition.
		We started with one flight daily to Qeshm Island in the year 1998, with and average 50 in bound and out bound passengers per day keeping in view the current demand, we added another flight to our fleet in the following year which doubles the turnover.
		The continuous demand for our business encouraged us to increase frequencies of the flights according to the market requirement and at present we have six flights in our schedule for visa change which carries an average rate of 300 passengers every day by increasing the volume of our turnover to 800%.
	www.qeshmtravels.com (275 words)

	Hydrocarbons Technology - Qeshm Island Refinery Iran
		Qeshm Island is a new refinery in Iran, part of the Iranian government's Free Enterprise Zone, specifically targeting foreign investment.
		As the refinery is in the heart of a zone of rapid economic development, it may also find markets in the immediate area.
		One is 'Gurzin' field which yields two million cubic metres of sweet gas annually for the power plant of Bandar Abbas and the other is the untapped field of `Salakh' whose reserves are believed to be more than the former field.
	www.hydrocarbons-technology.com /projects/qeshm (514 words)

	Q E S H M F R E E Z O N E
		Qeshm Island is one of the largest islands of the Straight of Hormoz, in the Persian Gulf, with a unique geological and natural Status.
		With an area of 1445 KM circumference of approximately 362 km, and a length of 122, Qeshm island is located along Iranian main land....
		Qeshm or QFZ is the place where I was born and lived for more than seven years.
	jonid.8m.com /Qeshm (154 words)

	QESHM ISLAND (Ancient Abarkawan) - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		Ebn Khordâdbeh identified the island of Banu Kâwân as a station between Kish and Hormuz on the sea-route to India and China and described its inhabitants as belonging to the 'Ebâdi sect (Sprenger, p.
		By 1726, however, English traders accused Arab vessels cruising off Qeshm of attacking English shipping; they began boycotting Bâsidu even as they asserted the right to control all sea trade in the region (Slot, p.
		92 ff.), the Bombay Marine sailed to Qeshm in HMS Chiffonne on the pretext of expelling the Qawâsem 'pirates' (Horsburgh, p.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/persian.gulf/qeshm.htm (2745 words)

	Qeshm Island, Iran March 1996
		The largest island in Iran, Qeshm covers an area of 500 square miles (1295 sq km).
		Qeshm Island is a mostly rocky and barren island with a small human population.
		The rather hilly, barren islands just to the east of Qeshm Island are Hormoz and Larak Islands.
	www.parstimes.com /spaceimages/qeshm_island_96.html (193 words)

	Ten killed in Qeshm after earthquake
		Ten people were killed and 50 injured when an earthquake razed mud-brick villages on the Gulf island of Qeshm off Iran's south coast on Sunday.
		Qeshm is the biggest island in the Gulf and is a free-trade zone in southern Hormuzgan province with a population of about 120,000.
		The tremor was the first fatal quake in Iran since February when more than 600 people died in a magnitude 6.4 tremor, centred on the town of Zarand about 700 km southeast of Tehran.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=9700 (159 words)

	Qeshm - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Qeshm or Qishm, largest island of Iran, c.500 sq mi (1,300 sq km), S Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz.
		Qeshm, at the eastern end of the island, is the largest town.
		Plant Gas Is Available To Qeshm Island JVs At $0.50/M BTU
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Qeshm.html (289 words)

	Qeshm
		Qeshm Island, by all definitions, is the gate - way to the Persian Gulf.
		The Island stands watch over the channel through which the bulk of the world's oil and gas has always and shall, for the next 100 years, be transported.
		Qeshm is the largest island in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf.
	members.fortunecity.co.uk /simin/qeshm.htm (237 words)

	Qeshm - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Qeshm - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo!
		It is mostly rocky and has little vegetation; dates and fruits are raised.
		Qeshm, at the eastern end of the island, is the largest town.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Qeshm (80 words)

	World’s longest salt cave discovered on Qeshm Island
		The director of the Qeshm Department of the Environment, Bijan Farhang Darreh-Shuri, said that facilities such as hotels, restaurants, and parking lots will soon be provided for tourists interested in visiting the cave.
		In the vicinity of the Qeshm Geo-Park, there is a conical salt hill shaped like a salt shaker.
		There are caves with salt crystal stalactites hanging from the roof located in the 340-meter hill.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=279979 (265 words)

	HORMOZ & QESHM
		The two islands are clearly visible on the horizon from the beach at Bandar_e Abbas.
		Qeshm is very large, almost 100 km long and few tourists can pretend to know it.
		Hormoz appears to be bristling with pointed mountain peaks.
	persia.org /imagemap/qeshm.html (307 words)

	Images Of The Day - Qeshm Island, Iran - RedOrbit
		On the north side of the strait are mainland Iran and Qeshm Island.
		While the water south of the island appears uniformly dark, curving bands of lighter colors run through Clarence Strait, likely due to shallower water and suspended sediments.
		Betweeen Qeshm Island and the mainland lies Hara Biosphere Reserve, the largest stretch of mangrove forest along the Persian Gulf shoreline.
	www.redorbit.com /images/images-of-the-day/img/13921/qeshm_island_iran/index.html (332 words)

	Iran Access Web Directories
		The island of Qeshm is situated at the entrance of the Persian Gulf in the Strait of Hormoz, in the 55 to 57 degrees longitude and 25 to 27 degrees latitude.
		From a geological point of view, the island of Qeshm is on the wrinkled region containing the Zagross mountain range most of whose hills and heights are of the calcareous type with sharp cuts.
		An international hotel, a range of affordable hotels and restaurants along with the 22 Bahman guest house.
	www.iranaccess.com /iraninfo/Cities/qeshmataglance.htm (602 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Qeshm Island, Iran
		You can download a KMZ file of Qeshm Island for use with Google Earth.
		Encyclopedfia Iranica: Qeshm Island Accessed March 2, 2007.
		NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17572&topic=life (301 words)

	.:: Qeshm Energy International Co. (QEIC)
		Qeshm Energy International Company (QEIC)was founded in 2004 as a joint venture between the Qeshm Free Zone Authority and Private Sectors.
		The venture has been formed to function as an executive arm for Qeshm Free Area’s energy projects focusing on gas-value add projects.
		The company plans to contribute actively to Qeshm’s development as the Persian Gulf’s largest hub for energy related industries and activities by designing, developing, financing and implementing gas-related projects on this strategically located Island
	www.qeshmenergy.com (115 words)

	Qeshm Institute of Higher Education
		Qeshm Institute of Higher Education (QIHE), being vested with the mission of providing avenues of higher education at an international level of excellence, is established on Qeshm Island.
		The international climate and the presence of teaching staff and students from other countries, would provide an international environment to facilitate the exchange of scientific achievement.
		The first cohort of students consisted of 23 students who have successfully completed the first part of the program and have all gone to Ottawa to complete a further three lessons, will be graduated shortly.
	www.qeshm.ac.ir /aboutqihe.asp (229 words)

	Qeshm - French-English Dictionary WordReference.com
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	www.wordreference.com /enfr/Qeshm (79 words)

	Tejarat Rooz Nik Qeshm Iron & Steel,Coatings,Beauty Equipment,Lubricant
		About Us We are a newly stablished company in Qeshm Trade Free Zone in south of Iran which main activities are in : General Trading, Business consultancy,Export and Import of all kind of legall and permited products, machineries, services and projects.
		Trading, import and export all kind of products, spare parts, machineries and services of petrochimicals and Energy products including all kind of business consultancy and arrangement in this regards for all interest parties locally or from overseas.
		Elahie- Sepidar, Qeshm Island, Hormozgan, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
	www.alibaba.com /company/10897810.html (305 words)

	Fasan Qeshm Services Co.
		The axles lines already present on Iranian territory are able to satisfy every kind of rail transport typology for heavy or over dimensional equipment such as for gas turbines, stators, generators, and transformers.
		HEAD OFFICE: Imam Khomeini ave., opposite to bank Saderat Qeshm, Iran
		In order to assure a complete service, the Fasan-Qeshm Service Company always analyses the important interface phase between road and rail transport, guaranteeing delivery on site.
	www.fasan-qeshm.com /index.htm (134 words)

	Qeshm - photos of sightseeing in Hormoz & Qeshm on Worldisround
		Sightseeing in Hormoz & Qeshm - travel photos -
		these caves belong to mads era in qeshm &manufactu
		Stars valley similar to GRAND CANYON in usa that created by wind.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/320100/index.html (65 words)

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