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    Qeshm Island (redirect from Queixome)
    Portuguese forces who occupied the fort, known to the English as "Forte de Queixome". Qeshm is also a supposed site of the Garden of Eden according to Cassell's...
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    1622 to take measurements of the height and distance of the walls of Fort Queixome to assist the fleet's gunners. One of his contemporaries described his...
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    (1517–1538). Lost to the Ottomans. Qatif (1551–1602): Lost to the Ottomans. Queixome/Qeshm Island (1515–1622). Hormuz/Ormus: possession subordinate to Goa (1515–1622)...
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    Senhora da Conceição 1515 Fragments Hormuz Iran EN: Fort Qeshm PT: Forte de Queixome 1621 Ruins Qeshm Iran Portugal (1621–1622) EN: Fort St. Anthony of Simbor...
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    being sent to reconquer and fortify the eastern part of the island of Quéixome to secure economic supplies from Hormuz and expel the English from the...
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