Crossword-Solution: KISHM 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

During the reigns of Sultan Saoud and his son Sultan Saoud Sayid, a large part of the Arabian mainland was under the rule of Oman, as also Bahrein, Hormuz, Larij, Kishm, Bandar Abbas, many islands and their pearl fisheries, and Linga, also a good part of the coast of Africa; and it was they who established the alliances with England and the United States.

The following are the chief provincial subdivisions of Badakshan, omitting Roshan and Shignan:--On the west Rustak, Kataghan, Ghori, Narin and Anderab; on the north Darwaz, Ragh and Shiwa; on the east Charan, Ishkashim, Zebak and Wakhan; and in the centre Faizabad, Farkhar, Minjan and Kishm.

About 1740 Nadir Shah granted the town and district with the fort of Shamil and the town of Min[=a]b, together with the islands of Kishm, Hormuz (Ormus) and L[=a]rak, to the Arab tribe of the Beni Ma`[=i]ni in return for a payment of a yearly rent or tribute.

The English crews were at first unwilling to take part in what they justly said was "no merchandizing business, nor were they engaged for the like," but they were persuaded, and five English vessels aided, first, in the attack of Kishm, where (at the east end of the large island so called) the Portuguese had lately built a fort,[2] and afterwards in that of Hormuz itself.

The English fleet, consisting of five ships, arrived at an open roadstead on the Persian coast near Ormuz, where news was received that the Portuguese had erected a fort on the island of Kishm to protect some wells.