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    The Persian Gulf ( Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized : xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars ', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs] ), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf ( Arabic: اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, romanized : Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī ), is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.

  2. Persian Gulf from space, seen by satellite. The Persian Gulf is the name of a geographical place. Its location is in the Middle East. It is an extension of the Gulf of Oman. It is between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, and the Arabs prefer to call it the "Gulf of the Arabs". During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), the Persian Gulf came into news.

  3. Nov 9, 2009 · The Persian Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War, began in 1991 after President Saddam Hussein of Iraq ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in ...

  4. 251,000 km2. Average depth. 50 m. Max depth. 90 m. The Persian Gulf is located in Southwest Asia. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or ...

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