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[[Image:Persian Gulf map.png|300px|right|thumb|Map of the Persian Gulf. The [[Gulf of Oman]] leads to the [[Arabian Sea]]. Detail from [[:Image:MiddleEast.png|larger map of the Middle East]].]]
The '''Persian Gulf''' ({{PerB|خليج فارس}} - ''<u>Kh</u>alīj-e Fārs''; in [[Classical Arabic]]: '''بحر الفارس''' ''Bahr al-Fārs'', in [[Arabic language|Modern Arabic]]: {{rtl-lang|ar|'''الخليج الفارسي''' أو '''الخليج العربي'''}} ''al-<u>Kh</u>alīj al-Arabi'' or ''al-<u>Kh</u>alīj al-Fārisī''), in the [[Middle East|Southwest Asian]] region, is an extension of the [[Gulf of Oman]] located between [[Iran]] ([[Persia]]) and the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref>Working Paper No. 61, ''UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES'', dated March 28, April 4, 2006 ([http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf]); accessed February 09, 2007</ref>
The Persian Gulf was the focus of the [[Iraq-Iran War]] that lasted from [[1980]] to [[1988]], with each side attacking the other's [[oil tanker]]s. In [[1991]], the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was called the "[[Persian Gulf War]]" or "The Gulf War" when Iraq invaded Kuwait and was subsequently pushed back, despite the fact that this conflict was primarily a land conflict.
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