Draft:Muhammad Khan's campaign against the Qawasim (1755)

In 1755, after the death of Nader Shah, the reign of Karim Khan Zand began, but the Qawasim Arabs took control of Linga, Woking, and Maghouh and occupied Bikha Lashtan. Therefore, Karim Khan Muhammad Khan al-Bastaki ordered the recovery of the cities from the Qawasim. He himself (Muhammad Khan) headed with a large group to meet the Qawasim Arabs in Lingah.

He besieged Kanj and Lingah and its orchard, and the Sheikh surrendered without resistance, and the Arabs could not bear the intensity of the resistance and were defeated. Sheikh Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi entered the "Kanj" castle located in the sea off the coast of the town of Lingah and fortified himself in it, while the rest threw themselves into their ships and disappeared, and because they faced a supply crisis inside the castle, Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi also surrendered.

They asked, through Sheikh Al Marzouqi and other sheikhs of the Arabs of Al Hula, from Muhammad Khan Al Bastaki to pardon the sheikhs of the Qawasim and his subjects, and to hand over the port of Lingah and another place with it to Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi, following the example of the sheikhs of the Arabs of Shabkawah (Jahangiriyya) who gave him a place in Bakhat Siddaq and its islands, so that the Qawasim would be reassured and secure in a place of their own and with the imperial state and the government of Bastak. Sheikh Muhammad Khan Bastaki accepted their proposal based on the principle of security and preventing the aggression of the Omani Bedouin Arabs, taking a pledge from them and paying the customs fees, on the following conditions:

1. That the Qawasim tribe refrain from raids at sea.

2. That they prevent attacks by all Omani Arabs "Khawarij" and groups coming from the coasts of Oman and attacking the ports of the Iranian coast.

3. That every Arab who migrates to these areas be subject to Iran and accept loyalty to the imperial state.

4. That they not attack Qeshm Island and establish good relations with the sheikhs of Bani Ma'in.

5. That the sheikhs of Qawasim Lingeh be subject to the governments of Bastak and Jahangiri.

Sources [4]. Lorimer, Gulf Guide, Historical Part V, p. 2597.

[5]. Lorimer, Gulf Guide, Historical Part V, p. 2597. [6]. The works of Karim Khan Zand in the Gulf, Jalal Khaled Al-Haroun Al-Ansari [Bani Abbasian, Bastaki, Muhammad Azam, “Tarikh Jahangiriya” in Tehran, sallal 1339 Khorshidi Doctor Naqi Tabarsa (1 Khordad 1400). “You meet Sasman Yafat, an Englishman with Iranian islands on him.” Foundation for political studies and research. Originally published on May 22, 2021. Received on 22 May 2021. Husayn Nourbakhsh (1358), Bandarlangah on the coast of the Persian Gulf, Bandar Abbas: Ibn Sina, p. 39


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