Editing Greater and Lesser Tunbs (section)

===18th century===
During the 1720s, the Qasami had emigrated from the Persian coast and established themselves as a force in [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]] and Julfar ([[Ras al-Khaimah]], now part of UAE). In the period 1747–59, a branch of the Qasemi from Sharjah established itself on the Persian littoral, but it was expelled in 1767. By 1780, the Qasemi branch was re-established on the Persian coast and began to feud with other coastal tribes over pasturage in the islands off Langeh. The Iranian argument for the ownership of the disputed islands is that the Qasami controlled the islands while they were located on the Persian coast, not when they later emigrated to the UAE coast. In April 1873, the islands were reported as a dependency of the Persian [[Fars province]] to the British Resident, which the Resident acknowledged. In the period 1786–1835 the official British opinion, surveys, and maps identified the Tonbs as part of Langeh, subject to the government of the province of Fars. Chief among them were the works of Lt. John McCluer (1786), political counselor [[John Macdonald Kinneir]] (1813), and Lt. George Barns Brucks (1829).<ref name= "Iranica"/>