Bahrain in the Safavid period
The writer of the Mafatih-ul-Adab says that Bahrein was retaken from the
Portuguese in 1039 Hijra.
The writer of “Muntazem-i-Nasseri” states on page 183, paragraph 2,
citing the events of the year 1043, that the Governor of Bahrein, Sundak
Sultan, came to the Court of Shah Safi and offered the latter a sword, found in
those regions, which formerly belonged to Tamerlane the Gurkan. The writer of “Mafatih-ul-Adab”
adds to this story that the sword was a part of other items of the offer and
that the Governor was as a result reinstated in his post.
The writer of the book “Buheireh”, Fuznni Astrabadi, states on page 586
that “Farangan” the King of the Portuguese occupied the port of Hormuz in the
year 913 Hijra; the ruler of the port of Jerun, which is another name for
Hormuz, whose name was Sulghur Shah ben Turan Shah became a vassal to the
Portuguese King and the infidels used to enjoy the upper hand over the
Mussulmans until in the year 1010 Hijra when Shah Abbas sent Allah Verdi Khan
the Governor of Fars accompanied by his men and the fighting men of all of the
Southern Ports to expel the Portuguese, which they did. He adds “in this year
1047 when I am writing this book “Buheireh” those regions are still in
occupation of the Kizilbash troops (troops of Shah Abbas) and nothing is known
of the future developments”.
The writer of “Mafatih-ul-Adab” states that the people of Bahrein were
at their wits’ end in 1077 because of the extortions of Baha Khan Sultan and
complained against him to the Safavi Court and Baba Khan was dismissed and
replaced by Sultan son of Khazal Khan who was then at Seistan in Government
employ. He further adds that in 1113 Mehdi Quli Khan was dismissed from the
Governorship of those regions and Ghazaq Sultan was appointed to replace him.
The writer of the “Persian Gulf” states that during the reign of Shah
Sultan Hussein (1105-1135), the King of Oman, Sultan ben Seif, taking advantage
of the slackness of the Persian ruler, occupied Bahrein and in 1133 (1720 A.D.)
the Arabs of Mascat occupied some of the Persian islands in the Gulf.
But the Persian troops occupied Oman during the reign of Nadir Shah and
Bahrein was also under Persian hands till the year 1198 (1783 A.D.) when the Arabs
of Athoobi (عثوبی) took it from the Persians.
File 19/191 III (C 56) Bahrain, Persian
Claim To, 26 Jan 1932―24 Jan 1935, pp. 12―13.
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