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Bandar Abbas (Abbas port) is 1484 km. far from Tehran. The climate of this region is hot and humid. This port was called "Jordan Port" in 1555 AD. and was a small village opposite to northern coast of Hormoz island. In the year 1514 AD., Portuguese selected this village as land based point for cargo loading. Due to

abundance of crabs in this area, it was called "crab port".In 1622 AD., Shah Abbas cut the hands of Portuguese from this port by the help of England and in honor of this victory, this port became famous as Bandar Abbas. English and the Dutch constructed several beautiful buildings for commercial purposes. Most of commercial huge ships, which carried cargo for Iran and Ottoman from India, anchored in this port. The Dutch, in the year 1741 AD., constructed a new city in the midst of Bandar Abbas with permission of Iran Government.

                                           

 the first half of 17th century, East Indian Company was established in this city. But, in 1759, due to convulsive condition, this company transferred this commercial center to Basra.
Bandar Abbas and its appurtenances was leased to Sultan of Masquat according to a contract in the time of Nader Shah. After an upheaval happened in 1868 in Masquat, this contract was canceled and the city came under administration of Iran.

Presently, Bandar Abbas is capital city of Hormozgan province and it is one of the most important strategic and commercial centers of Iran in the Persian Gulf and Omman sea. Shahid Rajai Jetty Complex is a very huge landing place through which major barter of goods between Iran and other countries is accomplished.

A combination of social, commercial, military, political imperatives and tourism - have turned Bandar_e Abbas into one of those Iranian towns where the desire of the centeral government to modernize and develop even the most outlying provinces as keenly as the big urban centers is the most manifestly spectacular.
Controlling the Straits of Hormoz, one of the world's neuralgic areas, Bandar_e Abbas occupies a strategic position of the greatest importance. In the 16th century already (in 1520 to be precise) the Portuguese, intent upon protecting their Indian Empire, took possession of the Isle of Hormoz. They were expelled in 1622, after a tough naval battle, by Shah Abbas the Great who founded the town which has been bearing his name ever since. At the present time, when the world's mightiest tankers sail past its waterfront almost in bucket-chain fashion, Bander_e Abbas represents a trump card for world peace.
Close to the Arab world and, through the Sea of Oman, open to the oceans of Asia, Bandar_e Abbas is the natural maritime outlet for Iran. On the beach of the village of Tiab, some 100 km farther east, porcelain shards of great antiquity may be found, showing that the Chinese had one known this sea-route. Its significant today is enhanced by the modern docks which have been excavated there; cargoes of all nationalities call at the port to unload cement and cereals, motor vehicles and machinery.

A few hundred yard out at sea scores of fishing barges and small Arab sailing boats, with tall prows and forecastles reminiscent of another age, seem to be looking on indifferently. Their sombre silhouettes resemble the outlines of a fortress on the island of Qeshm after which they have been named. A considerable part of the local population lives on the proceeds of its fishing activities. They still employ the traditional net, but soon modern methods of preservation and transport will permit Iranian coastal fishing to be extended and brought up-to date. The drying sheds worked by wood smoke which the Danes installed a long time ago are now shown in the curing plants as mere museum pieces. Meanwhile the animal life of those warm seas, not yet overly polluted despite the presence of oil-tankers, is being studied in specialized laboratories. The great damp heat does not start before May and becomes unbearable only between June and September. The beaches are covered with silky sand, cleansed by fairly ample tides. Their gentle slope provides a safe playground for children.

Another local tradition, which is bound to disappear within a very few years, are the masks worn by some old women. They are fairly hideous, semi-rigid contraptions, surrounding eyes and cheek-bones and covering the nose. They remind one of the facial armour worn by the Greek soldiers of Antiquity. But although this coastal area must have witnessed the homeward march of Alexander's exhausted columns, it would be too bold perhaps to trace these masks back to Alexander's soldiers! The Iranians maintain that no religious taboo explains the wearing of these masks: rather is it a fashion which originates from the period of the Portuguese occupation when ladies wished to walk about unrecognized or simply to protect their complextion from the scorching sun

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New Bandarabbas

Major natural, historical and religious sites of Bandar Abbas are:

hGeno, Lashtan, Chah Ahmad, Sayeh Khosh, Touduluyeh, Batouduluyeh, Khorgoo, Bari,
hSorkhan, Kashkoo, Nian and Chestaneh mineral water springs,
hMangrove Forests,
hGeno wildlife refuge,
hKish and Hormoz islands, Kolah Farangi building,
hLaft and Khamir castles,
hLaft wells,
hDezhkan, Manbar Kohneh and Jame’ mosques,
hShah Mohmmad Taghi and Khajeh Khezr Imamzadeh.

The capital city of Hormozgan province is flourished with road, air and sea transportation facilities as well as communication and health systems. The cities of the province are easily accessible due to asphalt roads. There are, especially in Qeshm and Kish, different accommodation facilities like guest houses and hotels in different levels.The souvenirs of Hormozgan province are different handicrafts like earthenware, cloth, carpet, basket, mat and...

 

About Indian Mosque in Hormozgan province

A clear intersection of architectural styles is evident in the Indian Mosque at Bndar-e-Abbas.
Although the layout follows Islamic precedents, the ornamentation is unmistakably Indic, reflection the history of Cross-Cultural interaction that Bandar-e-Abbas, Strategically overseeing the straits of Hormuz, has experienced.