Daniel Thomas Potts
- IBEX, PERSIAN ii. In pre-Islamic art and archaeology
In pre-Islamic Iran the ibex was a source of meat and secondary products such as horn and hide. In addition,…
- ḴOR-E MUSĀ
Figure 1. The Bay of Ḵor-e Musā and its surroundings. (Ḵowr-e Musā; Khor Musa; Musa Bay), a north-south running, tidal…
- PERSIAN GULF i. IN ANTIQUITY
The Persian Gulf (24° 30′ 30′′ N, 48° 56′ 30′′ E) is a shallow, epi-continental sea approximately 1,000 km long…
- JĀS
JĀSK, also written Jāšk (‘Jasques’ in English East India Company sources), a small Baluchi port on the Makrān coast with…
- INDIAN OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN. This subject will deal with the role of Indian Ocean in international trade in the following periods: i….
- HORMUZ i. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
HORMUZ (Hormoz, Ormuz, Ormus), an island and a strategic strait (Tanga-ye Hormoz) in the Persian Gulf, linking it to the…
- TEPE YAHYA
TEPE YAHYA (Tappe Yaḥyā), archeological site in the Soḡun valley (lat 28°20′N, long 56°52′E), Kerman province, ca. 220 km south…
- SHATT AL-ARAB
SHATT al-ARAB (ŠAṬṬ al-ʿARAB), name given to the ca. 200 km long, 400-1500 m wide (Rzóska, p. 47), combined effluent…
- BANDAR-E LENGA
BANDAR-(E) LENGA, (lat 26° 33’ N, long 54° 53’ E), a small port on the coast of Lārestān. It first…
- KHARG ISLAND ii. History and archaeology
KHARG ISLAND ii. History and archaeology Archaeological evidence of occupation on Kharg was first noted by A. W. Stiffe (Stiffe,…
- MAMASSANI
MAMASSANI, the name of a county (šahrestān) in Fārs province, formerly a less rigidly defined district between Bāšt and Ardakān…
- MINĀB
MINĀB, city and capital of Mināb subprovince (šahrestān) in Hormozgān province (ostān); the city is located at lat 27° 7′…
- KISH
KISH (Kiš or Qiš; Ar. Qays), small island in the lower Persian Gulf (lat 26° 37′ N, long 54° 00′…
- KURĀNGUN
KURĀNGUN, site of an Elamite rock relief located on the north face of the lowest spur of the Kuh-e Pātāva,…
- DROUVILLE, GASPARD
DROUVILLE, GASPARD (1783-1856), French military officer, soldier-of-fortune, and travel writer. Known mainly for his account of Iran, Voyage en Perse,…
- LĀVĀN ISLAND
LĀVĀN ISLAND, in the Persian Gulf. Lāvān is located at lat 26.8˚ N and long 53.3˚ E, six nautical miles west-southwest of…
- LĀRAK
LĀRAK, a small island in the Straits of Hormuz to the south of Hormuz Island, located approximately 45 kms southeast…
- DONKEY ii. Domestication in Iran
DONKEY ii. Domestication in Iran The domestication of the African ass (Equus africanus) and the development of the donkey (Equus…
- ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia
ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia Within a few years after the commencement of Ardašir I’s (r. ca. 224-242) program…
- JENJĀN
JENJĀN, coll. Jenjun, “Jinjun,” village in the Dašt-e Rostam-e Yek plain, at the western end of the Fahliān area of…
- JĀSK
JĀSK, also written Jāšk (Jasques in English East India Company sources), a small Baluchi port on the Makrān coast with…
- QESHM ISLAND
QESHM ISLAND (Jazira-ye Qešm, Ar. Jazira-al-Ṭawila); the largest island (ca. 122 km long, 18 km wide on average, 1,445 sq…
- BAMPUR ia. PREHISTORIC SITE (Continued)
BAMPUR ia. PREHISTORIC SITE Since Beatrice de Cardi’s excavations at Bampur in 1966 (de Cardi, 1968; idem, 1970) no new…
- MARITIME TRADE i. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
MARITIME TRADE i. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD In comparison with Mesopotamia, which provides an abundance of cuneiform sources as well as physical…
- PEARL ii. ISLAMIC PERIOD
PEARL ii. ISLAMIC PERIOD Introduction. In the Islamic era pearls have been widely used as jewels. They have been pierced…
- TIGRIS RIVER
TIGRIS RIVER, Sum. Idigna, Akk. (I)Diq/gla(t) (Nashef, 1982, pp. 302-3), Elam. Diglat (Vallat, 1993, p. 329), Old Pers. Tigrā- (Kent,…