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''' Haji Sheikh Abdusalame
Khonji '''
'Haji shikh Abdusalame Khonji was a member
of Abbassian family and the great ancestor of Baniabbasi Khans and
Sheikhs. He had been educated in Mecca, Medina and Egypt. He studied sufism (a
form of mysticism ) and gained a religious leader ship license from the
Sheikhs of the Naghshbandieh method (a form of Sufism method ). He then returned
to Khonj. Ebne Batoteh remembers in his travel journals, a visit with
Sheikh and his son. Sheikh Abdul Salam died in the year 746 A.H. His tomb is still
in Khonj.
The first members of the baniabbasi family who immigrated to
Bastak
was Sheikh Mohammad, the great. He , like his ancestor , was one of the Ulema (Muslim
scholar or men of authority in religion and law )in Shafiite religion (a sunni
sect founded by Imam Mohammad Shafee) and Sufism. He was forced to leave Khonj. He moved to Bastak in early 933
A.H. , where he engaged in teaching theology. In the year 1137 A.H. Sheikh Mohammad Saeed ( one of
the members of the Baniabbasi family )and his brother Sheikh Mohammad khan took
possession of Lar. Sheikh Mohammad Saeed continued to rule Lar for 14 years. His
brother Sheikh Mohammad Khan received the order of governing Bastak and
Jahangirieh region from Nader Shah , king of Iran. During of the Karim Khan (king of Iran) Sheikh
Mohammad Khan ignored a summons to Shiraz. he fell into disfavor with the king
and was Zaki Khane Zand armies siege the Didehban fortress . This was one of the
most important fortresses in the area.sheikh Mohammad Khan Baniabbassi left the fortress in the
secret by night (upon his cousin , Hassan Khan , recommendation) He went to
Shiraz and then he was introduced to Karim Khan by Mohammad Ibrahim Khan
Biglarbegi. Karim Khan forgave Sheikh Mohammad Khan and released the
charter of the governance of Abbass port , Island to him. Sheikh Mohammad Khan left his cousin , Hasan Khan to govern
these areas and returned to Bastak to undertake it's development.
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