Iran’s ‘concealed’ ties with the coast go back millennia
An overview of Yazd, 700 km south of Tehran. “Disapproval of Arab kings and their subjects manifested in the local support for Iran during its prolonged conflict with Iraq.” Photo/FILE
East Africa has attracted visitors from the Mediterranean to China over the ages. Some return and some stay. Many of the shared historical connections have proved to be ephemeral or idiosyncratic.
The metronomic alterations of the trade winds, in contrast, have sustained the worlds of the Persian Gulf and the Land of Zinj in a long-standing embrace.
