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Abadan is thought to have been further developed into a major port city under the Abbasids ' rule.

In this time period, it was a commercial source of salt and woven mats.

The siltation of the river delta forced the town further away from water ; In the 14th century, however, Ibn Battutah described Abadan just as a small port in a flat salty plain.

Politically, Abadan was often the subject of dispute between the nearby states ; in 1847, Persia acquired it, in which state Abadan has remained since.

From the 17th century onward, the island of Abadan was part of the lands of the Arab Ka ' ab ( Bani Kaab ) tribe.

One section of this tribe, Mohaysen, had its headquarters at Mohammara ( present-day Khorramshahr ), until the removal of Shaikh Khaz ' al Khan in 1924.