Portugal, the Persian Gulf and Safavid Persia (original) (raw)
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The paper explores the historical significance of Jazireh-ye Qeshm in the Persian Gulf from the early fourteenth to the early eighteenth century, detailing its connections with Hormuz, Safavid Iran, the Dutch and English East India Companies, and Portugal. Despite its contemporary lack of recognition, Qeshm served as a crucial resource for Hormuz, particularly for drinking water and agricultural products. The research further reveals evidence of Portuguese presences, such as a cemetery uncovered during dredging, which provides new insights into Qeshm's role in the maritime history of the region.
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Laaft: Laaft is a harbor and village in Qeshm that has been important all over history because of its strategic position. From the past, Laaft has divided in two parts as old and new, and the interval of these two parts is a piece of mountain that overlooks both parts and there are relics of a citadel, a watchtower, military fortifications and other villages. General visage of old part is different of new. Old view has an ochre prominent color, compact texture and tight lanes and some prominent features like abundant wind towers, Niaz tree (Khaje Karim), and dockyards of big motorized boats (named Lenj). White mosques often with minarets, flaunt in this texture. But in the new texture the very common visage is seen with less accumulation of buildings, more broadened lanes and more vacant periphery of mosques, so neighborhood center has rather lost its concept. Geographical context: Laaft region in island provision in water is situated in longitude of eastern 55.5 and latitude of northern 26.54 in the east of Hara sea jungle. Climatic attributes: Laaft has an extra warm and humid climate in summery division of Iran, and a warm and humid climate in wintery division. High humidity and sultry weather of the island has made this place bearable for few months for exotic people. Maximum absolute temperature of here is 46c • and minimum of it is 0c •. Culture: Residences of Laaft have enough background of civilization to have ability of producing a valuable and specific tradition. Clothes: Men wear ordinary clothes and some of them, often old natives, wear traditional clothes like white " Dashdashe " and turban (Ammameh). Women wear traditional clothes with Arabic scarf and veil masks. Dialect: people of Laaft speak in a dialect very near to people of Qeshm that resembles harbor Persian. Laaft economy: sea is motor of laaft economy and trade, fishing, stockbreeding and industry are the main activities of this region. Other activities are making big motorized boats (named Lenj), driving these boats and use them for transport, sailor ship, fishing, driving boats, agriculture, making and selling handicrafts and souvenirs and tourism. Laaft architecture: traditional architecture of Laaft features raised regular tropical wind towers. Every element of this architecture and urban design like wind towers and narrow twisting lanes are reminiscent of sunlight and protection against it. General shape of Laaft architecture is a combination of central Iran and Arabic architecture. Its central courts, wind towers, archways and so on are under Iranian styles and decorations, stuccoworks and so on are affected by Arabic styles. Wind towers: in first glimpse to Laaft village, tall wind towers draw your attention. They pull wind inside the house to ventilate it and make it cool. They are often two or four sided and have a flat ceiling except one case. Most of their plans have an angular position in relation to direction of seashore. These wind towers are voluminous for using mild winds and breezes of this region. The main difference between these towers and central region ones is that these are for reducing humidity but desert wind towers are for increasing it. Their decorations are seen in both intricate as well as simple forms.
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