History of Jazireh-ye Qeshm

To hegemony of Iran on the Persian Gulf to avoid founded the British in 1820 a fort in Qeshm and in 1882 a naval base in basa 'IDU. This was part of treaties with the Arab Gulf states at that time were closed. Later moved to the British - again because of the climate - these military installations to Kharg.

When the British in 1935 the island to Iran transfers, became a bone of contention between Iran and the Arab states across the Gulf, especially when