Abu Musa island , Persian Gulf , iran
The height from the sea level is 46 meters and its population is 3,052. In the historical and geographical books, the region is named Bomos, Abu Musa, Ben Mousi, Bomov, Babamusi and Gapsbz. Studies have shown that, from the millennia BC, the Abu Musa Island, like the other islands of the Persian Gulf, was run by the Iranians and was part of the Iranian government’s territory. The Persian Gulf and its islands including Abu Musa, during the days of the Elymadids, especially during the reign of Shiljuk this Shishinak. (1151–1165 BC) was governed by this dynasty. In the period of the Medes, and especially during the reign of Hovhcftra, the island, along with other islands of the Pars Sea, was one of the provinces of southwest and then satrap (province) of the fourteenth of the state of Madad, called “Drankaneh” and part of Kerman. In the days of the Achaemenids, the Gulf Islands, including the Abu Musa island, have been inscribed in Bistoon inscription according to Clause 6 of the first column of Pars Province.
During the Parthian period, especially during the reign of Mehrdad I (171 138 BC), the ports and islands of the Persian Gulf were dominated by this dynasty. In the Sassanid period, the islands and ports of the Persian Gulf have been part of the territory of Iran and the Kura (city) of Ardeshir Khora, within the limits of the Nimroz sub-station. In the year 23, Abu Musa Island and other cities and villages of the northern Persian Gulf were captured by the Arabs. During the rule of the Umayyads and Abbasids, the Gulfs and islands were governed by their messengers. In the middle of the third century AH, Yacoub Leith Saffari set up the first independent Iranian state in Sistan. After his death, his brother Amrolit, from the Caliphate of Baghdad to the rule of Fars, Bushehr, ports and the islands of the northern and southern banks of the Persian Gulf. . . Was appointed In 323 AH. Qamad al-Dawlah Dilami, ports and islands of the Persian Gulf, including the Abu Musa Island. During the entire period of the Albury rule, the ports and islands across the Persian Gulf were in the realm of their rule. After the extinction of the Albury dynasty, the Seljukis of Kerman were ruled in that region and captured all the northern and southern shores of the Persian Gulf, including Bahrain, Abu Musa, Kish, and Khuzestan. The island has been in existence until 538 AD. The rule of the Seljukites of Kerman was considered a part of their territory and was governed by the puppet government of Benjamin or Meluk Kish. After the extinction of Malik Kish, in 626 AD. The rule of the Kish Island and other islands of the Persian Gulf was transferred to Ayatullah Abu Bakr ibn Saad Zangi (Atabak Fars) to Molok Hormoz, which until 779 AD. Their ownership continued on these islands. Timur Gurkani, in his attacks, annexed the Persian Gulf and its ports and islands, including Abu Musa, to 873 AH. Aq, whose descendants ruled Iran, was part of the Persian state. During the Safavid Shah Abbas period, the Portuguese captured Abu Musa, but the island was released after a long period by Iranian forces.
In 1147 AH (1735 AD), Nadir Shah Afshar, Latefikhan Dashtestani was appointed to the governor of Dashtestan Province, Sholestan and the whole of the coast, ports, and islands of the Persian Gulf, and removed all the islands including Abu Musa from the rebellion. Latifkhan Dashstani, in 1149 AD. (1736 AD) defeated Bahrain and defeated Sheikh Jabbar Holeh and seized it there. Karim Khan Zand in 1179 AD. AH (1756 AD) across Persian Gulf and Persian Gulf Islands, including Abu Musa. . . Exercised the rule. Qajar Agham Mohammad Khan died nearly 10 years with the successors of Karim Khan and other rulers claimed war over Iran, including the ports and islands of the Persian Gulf. During the reign of Fath Ali Shah, the area was part of Fars province. In the last years of the nineteenth century, after the arrival of British naval forces and British nationals to the Persian Gulf waters, on the pretext of throwing pirates and preventing the sale of slaves and preserving the security of India, the British navy prevented the operations of the Fars military agents on Abu Musa Island. But at that time on all England map drawings, all the border lines that belonged to Iran were recognized and endorsed. After a few days, the Sheikh of Sharjah claimed the island’s ownership in coordination with the British government, and by creating a few slots and a short port facility, the transfer of landfill and the launch of a marine lamp and the production of a small amount of electricity. At the beginning of the winter season of 1350 solar years.
The Abu Musa Island was dominated by Iran’s navy, but in the case of the Iranian government’s authority on the island, agreements had already been made between the two governments of Iran and Sharjah through diplomacy and diplomat Sir William L.L., and a representative of the British Foreign Office in the Gulf. Sir William Loos, who had been serving in Bahrain and the Persian Gulf for some time by the British government, sought frequent trips to the Persian Gulf and the surrounding Sheikhs, protests, and suggestions from the Shiquus on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf and the Iranian government before the departure of British officers. , And managed to find a solution to the problems of the Great Tunb, Small Tunb and Abu Musa Islands. After that, the Iranian government and the Shaykh Shaykh agreed on a contract. Meetings were held after the deployment of Iranian military forces in the heights and areas of the island and maintaining the island’s living and living space for the residents of Sharjah, and the Iranian government has maintained all contract terms. Also, in the same year (1350), the prime minister of Iran during a speech in the National Assembly announced the government of Iran to regain the three islands and said that according to the past, Iran considers itself the owner and ruler of the island and its sources. At present, due to the lack of dense population centers in the city, weaving A concentrated city is not evident at a specific location; urban texture is scattered and integrated from the new (old) township and the old with other residential units, which are considered to be many state-owned places.
Originally published at www.asadiweb.com on August 22, 2018.