Editing Abu Musa (section)

== Name ==
Iranian inhabitants of Abu Musa call it "Gap-sabzu" ({{langx|fa|گپ‌سبزو}}), which in [[Persian language|Persian]] means "the great green place". On old Persian maps, the island is called:
* "Boum-Ouw" ({{langx|fa|بوم‌اوو|links=no}}) or "Boum-Ouf" ({{langx|fa|بوم‌اوف|links=no}}) which in Persian means "Waterland".
* "Boum-Souz" ({{langx|fa|بوم‌سوز|links=no}}) or "Boum-Sou"/"Boum-Souw" ({{langx|fa|بوم‌سو|links=no}}) or "Gap-Sabzou" ({{langx|fa|گپ‌سبزو|links=no}}) which in [[Persian language|Persian]] means "Green Land".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://0-dla.library.upenn.edu.librus.hccs.edu/dla/newbooks/record.html?id=NEWBOOKS_4974631|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911145741/http://0-dla.library.upenn.edu.librus.hccs.edu/dla/newbooks/record.html?id=NEWBOOKS_4974631|url-status=dead|title=Ajam, Muḥammad. "Documents on the Persian Gulf's name: The eternal heritage of ancient time". Tehran: Evin Publication, 2009|archivedate=11 September 2012}}</ref>

In recent centuries it, has also been called ''Bum Musa'', Persian for "the land of [[Islamic view of Moses|Musa]]/[[Moses]]", instead of "Boum-Sou".<ref>{{cite web
| url     = http://opac.nlai.ir/opac-prod/bibliographic/1924051
| title     = اسناد نام خلیج‌ [فارس]؛ میراثی کهن و جاودان
| website     = opac.nlai.ir
| access-date     = 22 April 2012
| archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102050/http://opac.nlai.ir/opac-prod/bibliographic/1924051
| archive-date     = 7 April 2014
| url-status     = live
}}</ref>

In Arabic sources, "Abu Musa" ({{langx|ar| أبو موسى}}) comes from [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]], a companion of [[Muhammad]], who stayed on the island in 643 [[Common Era|CE]] before battling the Persians.<ref>{{cite news
| title      = النظام الإيراني المحتل يمارس الغطرسة ضد سكان الجزر الإماراتية
| url      = http://www.alriyadh.com/1116041
| access-date      = 11 July 2017
| work      = Al Riyadh
| issue      = 17360
| date      = 4 January 2016
| archive-url      = https://web.archive.org/web/20170731071529/http://www.alriyadh.com/1116041
| archive-date      = 31 July 2017
| url-status      = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last1      = سيستاني
| first1     = ايرج افشار
| title      = جزيرة بوموسى وطنب بزرك وطنب كوجك
}}</ref>