Basaidu ( fa, باسعيدو, also

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d as Bāsa‘īdū, Bāsa‘īdow, and Bāsīdu) is a village in Dulab Rural District,

Shahab District Shahab District ( fa, بخش شهاب) is a district (bakhsh) in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,112, in 6,319 families. The District has one city: Suza. The District has five rural districts (' ...

Qeshm County Qeshm County ( fa, شهرستان قشم) is in Hormozgan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the ...

, Hormozgan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,662, in 359 families.

Etymology

Despite phonetic similarity, Basaidu is not a take on the dynastic name of the Bu Saidi sultans of

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who in fact ruled Qeshm Island and vicinity until the mid 19th century. Instead, the name is the ancient

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Poseidonia, named after the sea god,

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. Further up the Gulf, ports of Apollonia ( Obolla) and Apollodorus (

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), among others, likewise carry ancient Hellenistic names.

References

Populated places in Qeshm County {{Qeshm-geo-stub