Iran has cited a 19th-century British map as part of its dispute with the United Arab Emirates over a number of Gulf islands. Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb sit at the entrance to the ...

The maps of modern Iran which follow were prepared by the CIA and are available in electronic form from The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of The University of Texas at Austin Modern Iran: The ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army ...