Maelstroms in the Islamic and Iranian Texts

Mohammad Hassan Raznahan; Mehran Rezaei; Mohammad Hossein Soleymani

Volume 7, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 15-28

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2017.65707

Abstract
  Maelstroms are powerful and violent whirlpools in the sea, sucking in objects such as ships within a given radius. Not only most of the geographers mentioned the maelstroms, but also cartographers mapped them, to protect sailors from being drawn into them. One of the most recognized maelstroms in the ...  Read More

Sasanian Presence on the Persian Gulf Coast Based on Historical Documents and Archaeological Investigations

Meysam Labbaf-Khaniki; Bahman Firouzmandi; Alireza Khosrowzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2014, , Pages 73-91

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2014.51699

Abstract
  The Sasanian settlements located Persian Gulf shores proving the economic-political sovereignty of Iran over the Persian Gulf through preislamic era denotes commercial relations between Iran and other regions. The remains of Sasanian sites and scattered ceramic sherds help us to apprehend the history ...  Read More