Bani Utbah
Bani Utbah بَنِيّ عُتبَة | |
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Ethnicity | Arab |
Location | Eastern Arabia |
Branches | |
Language | Arabic (Gulf) |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Bani Utbah (
History
Invasion of Oman (1697)
The Shia Iranian
Omani invasion of Bahrain (1717)
The sultan of Oman at the time, Sultan bin Saif II, asked for the assistance of the Utub in invading Bahrain in 1717.[5] The Utub assisted him and he successfully took Bahrain from the Safavids, Qishm and other Islands near the Persian coast.[6]
Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain (1783)
Bani Utbah led by many clans along with
On 17 May 1783,
It is well known that the strategist of this battle was Shaikh Nasr Al-Madhkur; his sword fell into the hands of Salama Bin Saif Al Bin Ali after his army collapsed and his forces were defeated.[citation needed]
The Utub under the leadership of Shaikh Ahmad bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and his subjects in Zubarah, Qatar, conquered and expelled the Persians from Bahrain in 1782 after defeating them in the battle of Zubarah between the people of Zubarah and the Army of Nasr Al-Madhkur. The Bani Utbah was already present at Bahrain at that time, settling there during summer season and purchasing date palm gardens.[7]
Conquest of Mombasa (1837)
On 5 March 1837, the Al Bin Ali under the command of their leader
Migration
The Utub's ancestors were expelled from Umm Qasr in Iraq by the Ottomans due to their predatory habits of preying on caravans in Basra and trading ships in Shatt al-Arab.[8] They migrated to Kuwait thereafter and established a government under Al-Sabah family.[9] Around the 1760s, the Al Jalahma and Al Khalifa clans, both belonging to the Utub federation, migrated to Zubarah in modern-day Qatar, leaving Al Sabah as the sole proprietors of Kuwait.[10] The two clans established a free-trade port at Zubarah's harbor, but the Al Khalifas refused to share the economic gains with the Al Jalahmah, and so the latter migrated to Al Ruwais. The Al Khalifa went on to monopolize the pearl banks around Qatar.[11]
Putting aside their grievances, the Utub clans of Al Bin Ali, Al Jalahma and Al Khalifa, along with some Arab clans, drove out the Persians from Bahrain in 1783 in an expedition which was launched in part due to Persian aggression towards Zubarah in 1782.[12]
See also
- Huwala
References
- ISBN 978-3-030-57397-3.
- ^ Adamiyat, Fereydoun. Bahrein Islands: A Legal and Diplomatic Study of the British-Iranian Controversy. Praeger, 1955, p. 33.
- ^ The Persian Gulf: A Political and Economic History of Five Port Cities 1500-1730, William Floor, p295
- ^ Al-Atiqi, Imad, Relationships between the Arabs of the Gulf Three Centuries Ago: Their Manifestations and Origins, Al-Darah, vol 44, no 1, Jan 2018. DOI 10.46968/0326-044-001-002.
- ^ ^ محمد خليل المرعشي , مجمع التواريخ , تحقيق عباس اقبال, طهران , 1328هـ - 1949م , ص 37-39
- ^ Al-Atiqi, Imad,Relationships between the Arabs of the Gulf Three Centuries ago: their manifestations and their origins, Al-Darah, Vol 44, no 1,Jan. 2018. DOI 10.46968/0326-044-001-002.
- ^ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1000] (1155/1782)". Qatar Digital Library. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2019-07-04.[verification needed]
- ^ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1000] (1155/1782)". qdl.qa. p. 1000. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Al-Atiqi, Imad, Relationships among Gulf Arabs Three Centuries Ago: A Reading of Texts Documents, AlDarah, Vol 42, No 4, 2016.
- ^ 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1000] (1155/1782), p. 1001
- ISBN 978-1781250709.
- ^ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [843] (998/1782)". qdl.qa. p. 840. Retrieved 16 January 2015.