Muqrin ibn Zamil ( ar, مقرن بن زامل ''Migrin ibin Zāmil'') was the
Jabrid
The Jabrids ( ar, الجبريون, al-Jabrīyūn) or Banu Jabr were an Arab dynasty that ruled all of Arabia except for Hejaz and Yemen, and expanded into Iran's southern coast, controlling the Strait of Hormuz Prominence
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ruler of eastern
Arabia
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, including
al-Hasa Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa may refer to:
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* Al-Ahsa Oasis, an oasis region in eastern Saudi Arabia
* Hofuf, also known as Al-Ahsa, an urban center in the Al-Ahsa Oasis
* Al-Ahsa International Airport, Hof ...
,
al-Qatif, and
Bahrain
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, and the last
Jabrid
The Jabrids ( ar, الجبريون, al-Jabrīyūn) or Banu Jabr were an Arab dynasty that ruled all of Arabia except for Hejaz and Yemen, and expanded into Iran's southern coast, controlling the Strait of Hormuz Prominence
Their most prominent r ...
ruler of
Bahrain
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and
Eastern Arabia
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. He was defeated in battle by an invading
Portuguese
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force that conquered the islands of Bahrain in 1521. Having been captured in battle, King Muqrin died from his wounds several days later. The
Portuguese
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commander,
António Correia, later depicted King Muqrin's decapitated bleeding head on his family's coat of arms in
Lousã
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Muqrin ascended to power following the death of the Jabrid's most powerful ruler,
Ajwad ibn Zamil, who was possibly Muqrin's grandfather. Muqrin was one of three Jabrid brothers who between them ruled the
Jabrid
The Jabrids ( ar, الجبريون, al-Jabrīyūn) or Banu Jabr were an Arab dynasty that ruled all of Arabia except for Hejaz and Yemen, and expanded into Iran's southern coast, controlling the Strait of Hormuz Prominence
Their most prominent r ...
kingdom composed of
Oman
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, the north coast of Oman, and the
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
-
Qatif
Qatif or Al-Qatif ( ar, ٱلْقَطِيف ''Al-Qaṭīf'') is a governorate and urban area located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the ...
area; Muqrin ruled the latter area from his capital in
al-Hasa Al-Ahsa or Al-Hasa may refer to:
* Al-Ahsa Governorate, a governorate in Saudi Arabia
* Al-Ahsa Oasis, an oasis region in eastern Saudi Arabia
* Hofuf, also known as Al-Ahsa, an urban center in the Al-Ahsa Oasis
* Al-Ahsa International Airport, Hof ...
. He refused to pay tribute to the expanding Portuguese-Hormuzi alliance that had come to dominate the sea lanes, prompting the two allies to send an invasion force to subdue the
Jabrid
The Jabrids ( ar, الجبريون, al-Jabrīyūn) or Banu Jabr were an Arab dynasty that ruled all of Arabia except for Hejaz and Yemen, and expanded into Iran's southern coast, controlling the Strait of Hormuz Prominence
Their most prominent r ...
kingdom of Bahrain.
The
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19th Century traveller,
James Silk Buckingham
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's account of the invasion was particularly critical of the "disgraceful" treatment of Muqrin's body:
The severed head remains a feature of the coat of arms of the Count of
Lousã
Lousã () is a town and concelho, municipality in the district of Coimbra (district), Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2.
History
The oldest evidence provides an indication ...
, Correia's descendant in
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.
[Charles Belgrave, The Pirate Coast, G. Bell & Sons, 1966 p8]
The defeat of Muqrin began nearly eighty years of
Portuguese
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rule of
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
.
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1521 deaths
16th-century Arabs
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