# Persian Fleet Retakes Bahrain from Oman (1734)

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Location: Bahrain
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According to Wikipedia's article on Mohammad Taqi Khan Shirazi, the governor of Fars, his admiral Latif Khan led a campaign in 1734 that retook Bahrain from Oman. The article on the history of Bahrain places the Persian invasion in March or early April 1736, while Sheikh Jubayr was on pilgrimage, and reports that in 1730 the future Nader Shah ordered his admiral Latif Khan to prepare an invasion fleet at Bushehr. A third account in the article on the Bani Utbah invasion says the Afsharid Persians under Nader Shah invaded in 1737 and deposed Jabara, whom the Huwala had installed. The Safavid restoration under Tahmasp II and his general Nader had defeated the Afghans by 1730, and Persian officials in Fars then turned to the Gulf. Whichever date is correct, Persian rule returned to Bahrain in the 1730s and continued, with brief interruptions, until 1783, when the Utub conquest ended it. The conflicting dates are flagged in the notes file. Under the Al Madhkur after 1753 the island was then ruled in Persia's name by Arab governors based at Bushehr. At this point in the timeline (1734), no single ruler is securely recorded; Bahrain is listed under Huwala governors aligned with Persia, from Sheikh Jabbareh to Sheikh Jubayr (1722 – 1736); sources differ on the dates of the Persian retaking.

## Why it matters
Persian rule returned to Bahrain in the 1730s, restoring the link with Fars that lasted until the Al Khalifa conquest.

Ruler at the Time: [Huwala governors: Sheikh Jabbareh to Sheikh Jubayr](https://allhistories.com/bahrain/rulers/huwala-governors-sheikh-jabbareh-to-sheikh-jubayr)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Mohammad Taqi Khan Shirazi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Taqi_Khan_Shirazi)
- [Wikipedia — History of Bahrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bahrain)
- [Wikipedia — Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Utbah_invasion_of_Bahrain)