Voyages of sailors of the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and its impact on the communities of origin and destination

Iranian seafarers’ voyages have many hidden and hidden economies.The sea-oriented economy of the southern ports of Iran has been based on maritime trade, barge management and barge building. Therefore, sea voyages of sailors from the southern ports of Iran, which took place with long-term voyages (gap) to India, Africa and Yemen and small voyages to the countries of the southern Persian Gulf throughout the year, in addition to having an economic role, have also been influential on art, architecture, handicrafts, language, customs, etc. of the origin and destination communities.Major ports such as Bombay, Calicut, Aden, Barbara, Lamu, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Mekalla, etc., which were the destinations of Iranian sailors in the Persian Gulf on sea voyages, have had an advanced urban planning system and urban society.On the other hand, the Iranian ports of the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea also had a great civilizational history in the field of cultural and maritime issues and had very advanced maritime techniques from the past, and even with the help of a compass and celestial objects and maritime experience, with wooden barges made by Iranian barges, they traveled to India, Africa and Yemen. Therefore, these sea voyages have had a great impact on architecture, including architectural style, architectural materials, and urban planning. The use of some architectural materials such as chandel in the roofs of houses in the south of Iran, which were brought from African ports, created a huge change in the architecture of the southern ports of Iran. The high-quality boards that were brought from India to Iranian ports for barge-making have also been very influential in barge-making. From the people of the southern ports of Iran, handicrafts such as tulk, baskets, etc. are taken to the ports of the destination countries, which had good buyers.On the other hand, the influence of Iranian seafaring on the destination communities led to the formation of seafaring songs such as Razif, in which Persian, Arabic and Swahili sounds were used. This article, which was written with the method of library research, oral history and field observations of the writer, intends to have a general look at the history of the civilization area of southern Iran and its relationship with the neighboring countries in the context of history and the influence of the sea-oriented economy on the formation of numerous cities and settlements in the southern regions of Iran.