Sheikh Khaz'al

Khaz'al Khan
Emir of Mohammerah And Dependencies Sheikh of Sheikhs of Banu Kaab Head of Mehaisin Confederation
Khaz'al Khan in military uniform
Emir of Mohammerah
Monarchy	June 1897 - April 1925
Coronation	June 1897
Predecessor	Maz'al Jabir al-Kaabi
Successor	Sheikhdom dissolved
Head of Mehaisin Confederation
Reign	June 1897 - April 1925
Bay'ah	June 1897
Predecessor	Maz'al Jabir al-Kaabi
Successor	Abdullah Bin Khaz'al
Sheikh of Sheikhs of Banu Kaab tribe
Reign	June 1897 - April 1925
Bay'ah	June 1897
Predecessor	Maz'al Jabir al-Kaabi
Successor	Abdullah Bin Khaz'al
Born	(1863-08-18)18 August 1863 Basra Vilayet
Died	24 May 1936(1936-05-24) (aged 72) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse	See Shahzadi Hamdam Khanum Jamil us-Sultana Batul Khanum, Fakhr-i-Sultana Malika Bint Nasser Shuaya Bint Unaizal Shaikha Sa’ada bint Jarrah Khatum bint Mard Shaikha Nazifa bint Abdullah Badgum Mashqa bint Yusuf Gariya bint Ali Muzakhaya Harina bint Abbas Fatima Nashmiya Amina (Widow of Mubarak Al-Sabah)
Issue	See Sheikh Hachim Sheikh Kasib Sheikh Abdul'Hamid Sheikh Abdul'Aziz Sheikh Abdul'Majeed Sheikh Abdul'Kareem Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Saeed Sheikh Mansur Sheikh Mustafa Sheikh Abdul'Jalil Sheikh Saleh Sheikh Nizam ud-din Sheikh Abdul'Amir Sheikha Khayriyah Sheikha Zina Sheikha Asiya Sheikha Nasra Sheikha Sara Sheikha Badriya Sheikha Bilqis Sheikha Najma Sheikha Mansura Sheikha Zahra Sheikha Masuda Sheikha Zuleikha Sheikha Haya Sheikha Rafiya Sheikha Nur Al-Huda
Full name Khaz'al bin Jabir bin Mirdaw bin Ali bin Kasib bin Ubood bin Asaaf bin Rahma bin Khaz'al
House	Al Mirdaw
Father	Jabir al-Kaabi
Religion	Islam

Khaz'al bin Jabir bin Merdaw al-Ka'bi GCIE KCSI (Persian: شیخ خزعل‎‎, Arabic: خزعل الكعبي‎‎) (18 August 1863 – 24 May 1936), Muaz us-Sultana, and Sardar-e-Aqdas (Most Sacred Officer of the Imperial Order of the Aqdas), was the independent Emir of the Sheikhdom of "Mohammerah", located today in the Khuzestan province of Iran.

The British were providing Khaz'al with meager shares of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. They even considered Khazal as a possible king for Iraq. Khaz'al was also the darling of many Sunnite Iraqi nationalists, who sought to foment dissent among Iran's Arab population by referring to Khuzestan as Arabestān and glorifying Khaz'al as its independent "Sultan".

The tribal leaders of the Bani Kaab, an Arab tribe which had originally come from the area of what is now Kuwait in the 16th century, had often been the Imperial-appointed tax farmers for the entire province for many years after the fall of the Mshashaiya. The Bani Kaab were the largest and most powerful tribe in the province. In the early 19th century the Bani Kaab had dissolved into a number of rival clans that often clashed and feuded with each other.

Of these factions, the Muhaisin clan, led by Jabir al-Kaabi, became the strongest and under his leadership the Bani Kaab were reunified under a single authority, the capital of the tribe being moved from the village of Fallahiyah to the flourishing port city of Mohammerah. Unlike previous leaders of the Bani Kaab, Jabir maintained law and order, and established Mohammerah as a free port and sheikhdom, of which he was Sheikh. Jabir also became the Imperial-appointed governor-general of the province.

After Jabir's death in 1881, his elder son, Maz'al, took over as tribal leader and Sheikh of Mohammerah, as well as the provincial governor-general, which was confirmed by an Imperial firman (executive order). However, in June 1897 Maz'al was killed. Some accounts state that he was assassinated by his younger brother, Khaz'al, while others state that this was done by a palace guard under orders from Khaz'al.