Tag: Bandar Abbas by Mohammad Roodgoli
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Visual Historian of Iranian Cities – Bandar Abbas
The oldest record of Bandar Abbas is during the reign of Darius the Great (between 586 and 522 B.C.) When Alexander took over the Persian Empire, Bandar Abbas was known as Hormirzad. Bandar Abbas up to the 16th century, used to be called Gamrūn to the Persians. In the 16th century European navigators called it…