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The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Bandar Abbas ,
Iran .
Prior to 20th century
1514 – Portuguese in power; settlement named "Comorão".
1614 – Shah
Abbas the Great expels the Portuguese.
1622
Settlement renamed "Bandar Abbas".
Bandar Abbas economy affected by
capture of nearby
Hormuz by Persian/English forces.
1623 –
Dutch East India Company trade mission established.
1664 –
French East India Company conducts business in town (approximate date).
1727 – Town sacked by Afghan forces.
1741 – "Cannon foundry" established.
1762 – British and Dutch businesspeople relocate to
Bushire .
1790s – Population: 12,000 (approximate estimate).
1793 – Bandar Abbas "leased to the
sultan of Oman " (approximate date).
1830 – Population: 5,000 (approximate estimate).
1852 – Persians expelled the Muscat authorities.
1868 –
Salim bin Thuwaini expelled and
Qajars in power.
1872 – Gwadur-Jask-Bandar Abbas telegraph begins operating (approximate date).
[4]
1879 –
مسجد گلهداری [
fa ] (mosque) built.
1892 –
مسجد صحراباغی [
fa ] (mosque) built.
[5]
1900 – Population: 10,000. (approximate estimate).
20th century
1902 – Earthquake.
[6]
1925 –
مسجد ناصری (بندر عباس) [
fa ] (mosque) built.
1930s – Population: 8,000 (approximate estimate).
1947 – "Fish canning plant" built.
1956 – Population: 17,710.
1959 –
حمام گلهداری [
fa ] (bath house) refurbished.
1966 – Population: 34,627.
1967 – Deepwater port opens.
1973 – "Iranian naval headquarters" relocated to Bandar Abbas from
Khorramshahr .
1976 – Population: 89,103.
1982 – Population: 175,000 (estimate).
[7]
1988 – 3 July: United States military shoots down civilian
Iran Air Flight 655 in vicinity of Bandar Abbas during the
Iran–Iraq War .
1996 – Population: 273,578.
[8]
21st century
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the
Persian Wikipedia .
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