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brought him from the fort of Barkamin,1 where he then was, to
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Minab. Baharonxa, hearing of this, made ready and went in
search of him, whom he found with Malek Nazomadin, another
brother; engaged them, beat them, and returned victorious to
m Harmuz.
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His chief captains were Mir Xabadin Isuf and Mir Taiadin
Zanguyxd, one by sea and the other ashore. They grew to be
very jealous about his favour, and much disturbed the kingdom ;
wherefore the king arrested both of them. Just then the men of
Keys invaded Harmuz, but had no better luck than before, and
retreated in disgust. On this occasion the king set free the two
imprisoned captains. But Mir Xabadin Ysuf resented his usage
and sought vengeance. Now the king wanted to make an end of
% I;! the business of his brothers, who yet troubled him, wherefore he
embarked with his people for the mainland. But, as the wind
was against him, he could not set sail, and went home again for
H; the night. At midnight Mir Xabadin Isuf, with some horse and
foot, came to the king’s gates, and called him out, saying that Bibi
, i': Sultan Salgor had invaded the isle in arms: which he believing
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{••5 , came forth, and after him his mother, and his brother Nazomadin
i Agem Xa, who had lately been reconciled to him. Mir Xabadin
Isuf took them and cast them into prison, and proclaimed him­
f!)r self king in the year of the Hyxara 718, a.d. 1319.2
Now there arose two factions in Harmuz, one that followed
p\ of the captive king, and formerly defeated by him on the main­
Mir Xabadin Isuf, and the other that of Mir Kodbadin, brother
Ij1 land. Malek Dinar, above mentioned as having fled to Makron,
returned to Harmuz with a strong force, giving out that he came
to help Mirxa Kodbadin. But on his arrival, finding that Mir
Sii: Xabadin Isufs side prevailed, he made friends with him. Bibi
it Sultan, the sister of Dinar, and Bibi Nazmalek, the wife of Mir
ip; Xabadin Isuf, united their efforts for this reconciliation. But
Xabadin, to make himself safe, cut the heads off the imprisoned
king, his mother, and his brother.
in Xakodbadin went over to Kalayat,3 with Bibi Mariam, wife of
if:'- Ayaz Ceyfin. At this time Xabadin Isuf heard that the men of
ii' Keys were invading him, and went forth against them. But
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Vi 1 I cannot identify this fort. [The Survey of India Map of Persia
marks a number of “Birkets” on the mainland north of Kishm,
Birket Bandar and Birket Mirzai being the nearest to Hormuz.—
It D. F.]
g 2 Barros and Couto (ubi supra) state that “Torunxi” was succeeded
£ r by his younger brother “ Mahamed Xrf,” the events of whose reign of
S! twenty-nine years they pass over in silence.—D. F.
3 See Marco Polo’s statement as to the rulers of Hormuz escaping
■i to Kalhdt when any trouble arose, and Yule’s note thereon (Marco
Dolo, vol. ii, pp. 448, 449).—D. F.
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when he had taken a post on their route, he took fright and came
home again ; nor did they do any more than on former occasions.
But after one year, Xakodbadin came from Kalayat, with Malek
Gelaladin Queyzy and Koaja Iamaladin Neym ; surprised and
seized Harmuz, and made Mir Xabadin Isuf prisoner.
Mir Xakodbadin, son of Gordonxa, having possessed himself of
the isle and kingdom of Harmuz,1 presently did slay Mir Xabadin
Isuf, his wife Bibi Nazmalek, his two sons, Mir Emadadin 0$en,
and Amir A$en, who were confined in the fort of Gat.2 It was
not long before Malek Gelaladin Queyzy, and Koaia Gemaladin
Neym, who had established Xa Kodbadin in his kingdom, plotted
to slay him and keep it for themselves. He heard of it and
sought to take them, but they fled. Gemaladin Neym was
drowned at sea. His ally took refuge in Keys, with a small
following, and Kodbadin and his kingdom enjoyed peace for ten
years.
Now the old king of Keys was dead, and Malek Guayagadin
had succeeded him. This king invaded Harmuz with a good
fleet, while Kodbadin was in Mogostam, on the mainland, for the
hot weather, which is insupportable in the isle. And he had
surely taken it but for the defence of Mahamed Sorkab and
Ebrahem Salgor, Kodbadin’s captains of the gates, to whom he had
committed the guard of it.
^4 These drove away their enemy much discouraged. And when
Xakodbadin heard of it he came to the isle, and shortly fitted out
a fleet, invaded Keys, and took it by surprise, with great slaughter
of the Keysis, and capture of King Guayacadin and some of his
kindred, whom afterwards he put to death. He left a strong
garrison in Keys, and on his way back to Harmuz he conquered
the Isle of Barhen,3 world-renowned for the precious pearls of its
sea, and for the perennial-springs of fresh water at the bottom of
the same: of all which, since we arc come to the said island, it
will be proper to give some short account.4
1 Barros and Couto (ubi supra) say that to “Mahamed Xa” suc­
ceeded his son “ Cobadim ” or “ Cobadixa,” who reigned thirty years.
—D. F.
2 Perhaps Gez or Gatan of the Royal Geographical Society’s maps.
[See supra, p. 157, n.—D. F.]
3 Kutbuddfn did not take the shortest way home, Bahrein is
about 3 deg. west of Kais, and Hormuz about 2h deg. east. The
direction is, roughly speaking, from west and by south to east and by
north.
4 Cf. descriptions in Barros (Dec. Ill, Liv. vi, cap. iv); Comment, of
Af Dalb. (vol. iv, p. 187) ; Nieuhof (op. cit., p. 243). For a modern
account of Bahrein, see Palgrave’s Central and Eastern Arabia,
chap. xiv. On the antiquities of the place, see Royal As. Soc.Jour.,
vol. xii, N. S., p. 189, et seq.—D. F.