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A region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded by the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan and India, historically one of the world's busiest maritime trade corridors linking the Middle East and South Asia. Strong seasonal monsoon winds drive its currents and have shaped trade and navigation across it for millennia.

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