The mainland city of Hormuz on a creek of the Minab river a few miles from the sea: the harbour of Kerman, where Arabian horses are shipped to India and Indian goods landed for Jiroft, Kerman and Khurasan.
Its kings levy a toll on shipping in the strait. The town moves to the island of Jarun about 1300 (later).
Who holds it
- Title
- Malik of Hormuz
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
Its own king, tributary to Kerman's master.
How things stand that morning
Under its king.
Charter
None known: the towns of the atabegs have no charters; the governor, the judge (qadi) and the market inspector (muhtasib) answer to the ruler.
Council
No sworn council; the notables (a'yan), the qadi and the headman (ra'is) speak for the town. Names for 1199-1200 not pinned.
Communities
Persian and Arab traders; Indian merchants (presence not pinned for 1200).
Fairs and markets
Daily or weekly markets; no fair dates recorded.
Militia
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Walls and castle
Not described for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Horses, dates, Indian goods, the strait toll.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General.
Primary sources for Hormuz
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Oman, from the Kashf al-ghumma, Sirhan ibn Sa'id ibn Sirhan (compiler), from earlier Ibadi chronicles (about 1728, from earlier Ibadi sources). The Ibadi imamate of Oman has no contemporary chronicle for 1200; the later Omani compilations (the Kashf al-ghumma and al-Salimi's Tuhfat al-a'yan) preserve a list of imams and the tradition of the Nabhani maliks who ruled the interior from the 12th century, with Hormuz and Kish pressing on the coast. Read online
- Dictionary of Countries, Yaqut al-Hamawi (1224 to 1228, at Aleppo). An alphabetical gazetteer of every place Yaqut had read of or seen: he travelled as a bookseller's agent through Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan and Khwarazm (about 1213 to 1220) and settled in Aleppo. Read online
Sources and studies
- 'Kingdom of Ormus', English Wikipedia (after Floor, EIr 'Hormuz ii'; Aubin; Piacentini; Vosoughi)
- C. E. Bosworth, 'Dinar, Malek', Encyclopaedia Iranica (after Afzal al-Din Kirmani, 'Iqd al-ula, and Muhammad b. Ibrahim, Tarikh-i Saljuqiyan-i Kirman)
- G. Le Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate (1905), chapters XVII-XXIV (Fars, Kirman, Makran) after Istakhri, Muqaddasi, Ibn al-Balkhi, Yaqut and Mustawfi
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.