Draft:Attack on Bandar Abbas (1809)
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| Attack on Bandar Abbas | |||||||
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| Part of the Qajar-Wahhabi War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Qajar Iran |
 Emirate of Diriyah | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Aziz khan † |
 Saud l | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000–3,000 troops | 3,500 Wahhabi warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy losses; exact figures unknown | Light losses | ||||||
The Attack on Bandar Abbas was a major military engagement in 1809, during the Qajar-Wahhabi War, in which Wahhabi forces launched a successful raid on the Persian port city of Bandar Abbas. The attack disrupted Persian trade and significantly weakened Qajar influence in the Persian Gulf.
Background
[edit]By the early 19th century, the Wahhabi movement, under the leadership of the House of Saud, had expanded its influence across Arabia and sought to extend its reach into coastal regions. The strategic port of Bandar Abbas, a key Persian trade and military center, was an attractive target due to its importance in controlling maritime routes in the Persian Gulf.
The Qajar Empire, under Fath Ali Shah Qajar, controlled Bandar Abbas and maintained a garrison in the city. However, with much of the Qajar military focused on conflicts in Iran’s western and northern regions, the city's defenses were vulnerable to a surprise attack.
See also
[edit]- Qajar-Wahhabi War
- Wahhabi movement
- First Saudi State
- History of the Persian Gulf
References
[edit]- Al-Rasheed, Madawi. A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74754-7.[1]
- Commins, David. The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B. Tauris, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84511-080-2.[2]
- Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples. Belknap Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-674-01017-8.[3]
- Husain, Jasim. The First Saudi State and the Arabian Gulf: An Era of Political Instability in Eastern Arabia. Exeter University Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0859892142.
- Ochsenwald, William. Religion, Society, and the State in Arabia: The Rise of the Wahhabi Movement. American Historical Review, 1981.[4]
- Rentz, George. The Wahhabis in the Persian Gulf. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 128, No. 4 (1962).[5]
Categories
[edit]- ^ Al-Rasheed, Madawi (2010). A history of Saudi Arabia (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76128-4.
- ^ Commins, David Dean (2006). The Wahhabi mission and Saudi Arabia. Library of modern Middle East Studies. London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-080-2.
- ^ Hourani, Albert (2002). A history of the Arab peoples. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01017-8.
- ^ Shaw, Stanford J.; Ochsenwald, William (October 1985). "Religion, Society, and the State in Arabia: The Hijaz under Ottoman Control, 1840-1908". The American Historical Review. 90 (4): 988. doi:10.2307/1858967. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1858967.
- ^ "Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, 'Omān, and Central Arabia". Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia Online. doi:10.1163/2405-447x_loro_com_040000. Retrieved 2025-01-30.