Ibn Khordadbeh, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Istakhri, Mahmud, al-Khwarizmi , Zakariya al-Qazwini, Al-Masudi , Ibn Hawqal, Ibn al-Faqih, Ibn Rustah, Sohrab, Ramhormozi, Farisi al Istakhri,Tahir al-Maqdisi (d. 966), Ibn Khaldun, Mohammad ibn Najub Bekiran, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Yaqut al-Hamawi,Abu'l-Fida, Al-Dimashqi, Hamdollah Mostowfi, Al-Nuwayri, Ibn Batutta,Katip Çelebi have used the terms, "Bahr-i Mohit i Ajam", "Bahr-i-Fars", (Persian sea), and "Bahr-i Mokran/Mecran", "Bahr-e Al Akhzar" (green) to refer to the current Arabian sea. None of them used the term Arabian sea.