Gamrun

E634025

Gamrun is the former historical name of Bandar Abbas, a major port city on the southern coast of Iran along the Persian Gulf.

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Gamrun canonical 2

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place name ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Gameron ⓘ
Gombroon ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Safavid Empire ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalRegion Hormuz Strait area ⓘ
linked to: Strait of Hormuz
associatedWithPortCity Bandar Abbas ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo local Persian dialects ⓘ
historicalFunction commercial port ⓘ
trading hub ⓘ
historicalNameOf Bandar Abbas ⓘ
historicalRole name of a major port on trade routes between Persia and India ⓘ
knownByEuropeanTradersAs Gombroon ⓘ
languageOfName Persian ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iran ⓘ
locatedInProvince Hormozgan Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern coast of Iran ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Persian Gulf ⓘ
mentionedInContext maritime trade in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
predecessorOf modern name Bandar Abbas ⓘ
presentInHistoricalSources European travel accounts of the 16th–17th centuries ⓘ
Persian chronicles of the Safavid era ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway to the Persian Gulf ⓘ
supersededByToponym Bandar Abbas ⓘ
tradeConnectedTo Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
India ⓘ
interior of Persia ⓘ
usedAsNameUntil early modern period ⓘ

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Gombroon → alternativeName → Gamrun ⓘ