Ormuz

Perhaps Sherefeddin (l.iii. c. 25) has magnified his courage.] 16 The history of Ormuz is not unlike that of Tyre.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

From Ormuz, which is in Persia, they bring excellent horses, and very fine carpets; many larins, [65] each one a trifle smaller than one of our reals; many clusters of dates; camlets, [66] and many agras; and benecianos, [67] each of which is worth about one of our escudos of eleven reals.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. James Alexander Robertson 1906

Not to mention that Iran is strategically located overlooking the straight of Ormuz, and next (or very close) to Kuwait, Iraq, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia - the US would be swimming in a sea of oil if the military controlled that region via “enduring” military bases.

Think Progress » Hagel: Military Strike on Iran is ‘Not a Viable, Feasible, Responsible Option’ 2006

Some monks are further induced to believe that he went to India, by the circumstance that, about the end of the fifteenth century, there were found, near the coast of Ormuz, some families of Nestorians, who had been established there by a merchant of Moussoul, named Thomas.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

If he attacks, the Iranians will block the Straits of Ormuz or will unleash dormant terrorist networks worldwide.

Jean Bricmont: Why Bush Can Get Away with Attacking Iran Michael Caddell 2007

Ormuz, and the Police of the Air and Sea Ways in its recognizable uniform will be alone responsible for order in the ancient province of

The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

The Portuguese have here a fortress, as at Mozambique, and there is no fortress in all the Indies, after those of Mozambique and Ormuz, where the captains perform their duty better than in this one.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

In media India transitur per multas insulas vsque ad mare Oceanum, in insulam Ormuz, vbi Mercatores Venetiæ sæpè tendunt, sed viri, qui assueti non sunt tantum sustinere calorem, ne exeant perpendicula de corporibus propè ad genua, ibi se contra hoc debitè inuoluunt, et ligant, nec audent ibi transire nauibus ferrum continentibus, ne teneantur de rupibus adamantum.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

The fraight of the barkes from Ormuz to Balsara, I would say from Balsara to Ormuz, they pay according to the greatnesse thereof.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

In media India transitur per multas insulas vsque ad mare Oceanum, in insulam Ormuz, vbi Mercatores Veneti� s鎝� tendunt, sed viri, qui assueti non sunt tantum sustinere calorem, ne exeant perpendicula de corporibus prop� ad genua, ibi se contra hoc debit� inuoluunt, et ligant, nec audent ibi transire nauibus ferrum continentibus, ne teneantur de rupibus adamantum.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003