 Ormuz (or Hormuz) was an important maritime city and a small kingdom near the entrance to the Persian Gulf.The original site of the city was on the north shore of the Gulf, about 30 miles east of the current Bandar Abbas.Around 1300, apparently in response to attacks from the Tartars, it moved to the small island of Gerun, which can be identified as the Organa of Nearcho, about 12 miles west and 5 miles from the coast.