[1] Sharia - the law of the Koran, Islamic law.

[2] There is a ship passing through the Straits of Hormuz every 19 minutes

[3] It is to be noted that the terms "Gulf" and "Arabian Gulf" are used interchangeably in this paper. Arabs prefer to call the Gulf the Arabian Gulf, rather than "Persian Gulf". I would like to express the hope that it may one day be called the "Islamic Gulf" to the satisfaction of the people on both its shores.

[4] Current U.S. Kenya and Oman negotiations are trying to obtain bases in Somalia, kenya and Oman.

[5] Arabic terms used to denote the Arab Lands in Asia, on the one hand, and in North Africa, on the other.

[6] Now the Yemen Arab Republic, the northern neighbor of the PDRY.

[7] Although a republic was proclaimed in Afghanistan in July 1973 when Daoud Khan, the former premier, took power in a bloodless coup, he tended to perpetuate the dynasty in republican clothing as a cousin of Zaher Shah. Thus, the true end to the dynasty came with the Communist coup of 1978.