Bandar-e Lengeh

Bandar Lengeh lies on the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, west of the Strait of Hormuz. The port faces the islands and trading towns across the water, while dry mountains separate the coast from the interior of Fars. Its sheltered anchorage supported boats engaged in the commerce and fishing of the Gulf.

In the eighteenth century the port was home to Huwala Arab communities. A Dutch account of 1756 described Marzuqi inhabitants who traded in charcoal and firewood, carrying these goods to other places around the Gulf. By the early nineteenth century the Qawasim, whose power extended across both shores, were associated with Lengeh. The small port's fortunes were shaped by these seafaring networks and by the changing authority of rulers on the Persian mainland.