Persian Gulf National Day no country, government, or organization can use another name to refer to the Persian Gulf. The date coincides with the anniversary of Shah Abbas, a successful military campaign against the Portuguese navy in the Persian Gulf. The Portuguese colonial forces were driven out of the Strait of Hormuz in the Capture of Ormuz (1622). The decision was taken by the High Council of Cultural Revolution, presided over by former President Seyed Mohammad Khatami, and the council made mention of the campaign launched recently by certain Arab states to rename the Persian Gulf as the drive behind the decision. In 1514
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert gravelly plains and savanna with thorny acacia trees inland with a background of the Musandam and Al Hajar mountains. The climate is hot and dry with temperatures up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 °F) and little rainfall, especially on the Persian Gulf coast of the UAE. There is more rainfall on the Gulf of Oman and humidity provides moisture on both coasts. The coastal mangrove consists of "Avicennia marina", trees of the inland savanna include "Ziziphus spina-christi", "Prosopis cineraria" and the Umbrella Thorn "Acacia tortilis" while the mountains are home to "Ficus cordata salicifolia", and "Acacia tortilis". Finally the traditional