"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٠‎٧] (١٧٨٢/٢٥٠)

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A fow months later misfortune overtook Mulla "'Ali Shah. His fleet then
consisted of two ships, one large gallivat and one armed Tranki, and he
had strengthened himself in the preceding November by giving a
daughter in marriage to a chief of the Persian mainland who disposed
of about 400 armed men; but his personal following amounted to 200
men only, and his resources had been drained by the subsidies which he
paid to his other allies, the Qasimi Arabs. The Mullahs subjects now
rose against him at Hormuz, where they made him a prisoner and confined
him in the fort; but, while they repulsed an attempt at rescue made by
his people and some Arabs, they refused to hand their prisoner over to
the Khan of Lar. At Bandar ■'Abbas however they delivered up the
fort, which they had seized, to a brother of Nasir Khan, named
Ja far Khan, who happened to be near with a couple of hundred
men. The Bani Ma'm tribe thought this a good opportunity to
recover the island of Qishm and prepared, with assistance from Ja'far
Khan ; to besiege Laft; but that place was protected by the " Koumania
one of Mulla 'Ali Shah's vessels.* To remove this obstacle, the Khan
of Lar proposed that the Company's ship " Godolphin " should be sent to
take the " Roumania but the Agent declined on the ground that the
" Godolphin drew too much water; he contemplated, however, lending
the Khan the services of the smaller vessels " Drake " and Swallow "
when they should arrive, for the disturbances had brought the trade of the
Agency to a standstill. One of Mulla 'AH Shah's vessels, the " Faiz
Rabb&ni", was given up by the people of Hormuz to some Arabs of
Charak, who took it to Ja'far Khan. On the 24th of June Mulla 'Ali
Shah, who had meanwhile regained his freedom, assisted by 1,000 Ras-al-
Khaimal Arabs under the personal command of their Shaikh, landed
near Bandar 'Abbas and seized the town ; but his forces failed to capture
the fort, and on the 28th, after plundering the town, they re-embarked
and withdraw to the island of Qishm. Nasir Khan then sent a retalia
tory expedition against Lingeh, and in August his people attempted a
raid upon Ras-al-Khaimah •, but his troops, meeting with no success at
either place, instead laid waste the island of Qishm. Grave apprehensions
were now entertained of an attack on the British Agency either by Ja 'far
Khan or by his brother, the Khan of Lar, who was in the neighbourhood
with a large force; and the Agent found himself obliged, by the undefended
character of the Company's temporary premises, not only to lend the Khan
the " Drake " ketch to convey the Bani M a'in from one place to another,
but also to submit to his repeated demands for a loan of 1 ,000 Tumans.
In September Nasir Khan was encamped at Khamir, where he was engage
in many schemes; and to prevent the seizure of Hormuz by the Chief of
* The name is so given, but it may be a mistake for " RahmSni."