Editing Gulf of Oman (section)

==Alternative names==
[[File:The western part of the Indian Ocean, by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1693 from his system of global gores the Makran coast.jpg|thumb|The western part of the Indian Ocean, by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1693 from his system of global gores the Makran coast]]
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The Gulf of Oman historically and geographically has been referred to by different names by Arabian, Iranian, Indian, Pakistani, and European geographers and travelers, including [[Makran]] Sea and Akhzar Sea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.persiangulfstudies.com/en/index.asp?p=pages&id=173|title=Makran Sea/Gulf of Oman&#124;Mokran Sea or Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Pars sea|website=www.persiangulfstudies.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVwhcDDhHQkC&q=%5B%5BMakran%5D%5D+Sea&pg=PA29|title=Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856|first=Beatrice|last=Nicolini|date=1 January 2004|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9004137807}}</ref>

# Makran Sea
# Akhzar Sea
# Persian Sea (consists of the whole of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman)

Until the 18th century, it was known as Makran Sea and is also visible on historical maps and museums.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Esmaeili|first1=H.|last2=Mehraban|first2=Hamidreza|date=2017|title=New geographical record of the lined rockskipper, Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) from the Iranian coast of the Makran Sea (Teleostei, Blenniidae)|journal=Check List |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=743–746 |doi=10.15560/13.6.743|s2cid=90093756 |doi-access=free }}</ref>