Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Qasimi.
Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi
Sheikh
Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
Reign1777–1803
PredecessorRashid bin Matar Al Qasimi
SuccessorSultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Died1803
HouseAl Qasimi

Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi was the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah from 1777–1803 as head of the Al Qasimi maritime federation. He acceded following the resignation of his father, Sheikh Rashid bin Matar Al Qasimi, the head of the Al Qasimi after some 30 years' rule.[1]

Saqr married the daughter of Sheikh Abdullah Al Ma'in of Qishm,[1] a key ally of his father's and the former Sheikh of Qishm, cementing an alliance between the Ma'in and the Al Qasimi which consolidated Al Qasimi power in Qishm and Lingeh and gave them effective control of the access point to the Persian Gulf.[2]

Saqr's strong leadership helped the Al Qasimi expand their trading links, gaining a foothold in the coastal towns Charaj, Lingeh and Shinas[clarification needed] on the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf, the islands of Siri, Qishm and Qais and Ras Al Khaimah (which was already in their hands) and Rams on the Arabian coast, an area known as Sir at the time.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 755.
  2. ^ a b al-Qāsimī, ibn Muḥammad (1986). The myth of Arab piracy in the Gulf. London: Croom Helm. p. 26. ISBN 0709921063. OCLC 12583612.