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Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas is a port on the Persian Gulf coast of southern Iran, named after Shah Abbas I, who developed it after capturing Hormuz from the Portuguese in 1622. It became Iran's main port for trade with European companies. It was important for the trade and naval ambitions of the Afsharid Empire under Nader Shah.
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