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At 9:26 am 20/9/96, James Boxall is rumored to have typed:
 
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> A small disagreement has developed among a few persons here at my
> institution (it's not nasty..yet).  I have given some information and an
> 'informed' opinion about the names "Persian Gulf " and "Arabian Gulf", but I
> believe a greater body of learned opinion exists on MAPS-L which can provide
> some mediation in this situation. (They did not like the idea of calling the
> area "The Gulf")
 
 
James
 
I have drawn many maps of The Gulf area over the past few years and have
invariably used the term Arabian Gulf. My clients have been mostly from
that area or working in this University's Dept of Arab Gulf Studies.
I believe that the terms Persia and Persian Gulf are now used only by those
from North American.
 
Terry Bacon
 
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