Imamate of Oman
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Was the predecessor of the modern-day Sultanate of Oman. The Imamate is estimated to have been established in 750 CE, shortly after the fall of the Umayyads. Oman was able to create an Empire with territories in Africa and Asia. The Empire was divided in 1856 between Muscat and Oman (possessions in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula) and Zanzibar (possessions in Africa).
Establishment
January 752: The Imamate of Oman is estimated to have been established in 750 CE, shortly after the fall of the Umayyads.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Tughril I in the Seljuk Empire.
January 1054: Between 1053 and 1154 Oman was part of the Seljuk Empire.
Was the invasion of Bahrain in 1717 by the Sultanate of Oman that ended the Safavid rule on the island.
January 1718: Invasion of Bahrain in 1717 by the Sultanate of Oman, bringing an end to the 115-year rule of the Safavid dynasty in the region.
Expansion during the rule of Nader Shah of the Afsharid Dynasty.
January 1737: In 1736 the new Persian dynasty of the Cagiari reconquered Bahrain.
January 1744: Afsharid conquest of Muscat by Nader Shah.
January 927: The Wajihids were an Arab dynasty that ruled in coastal Oman in the early and mid-10th century AD.
January 1155: The Seljuks were expelled from Oman in 1154, when the Nabhani dynasty came to power.
January 1508: In 1507 the Portuguese captured the coastal city of Muscat.
January 1551: Muscat gradually extended their control along the coast up to Sohar in the north and down to Sur in the southeast.
January 1650: On August 16, 1648 the Imam dispatched an army to Muscat, which captured and demolished the high towers of the Portuguese, weakening their grip over the town. Decisively, in 1650, a small but determined body of the Imam's troops attacked the port at night, forcing an eventual Portuguese surrender on January 23, 1650.
January 1651: The Sultanate of Muscat possessed a powerful naval force, which enabled the creation of a maritime empire dating from the expulsion of the Portuguese in 1650 through the 19th century, at times encompassing modern Oman, the United Arab Emirates, southern Baluchistan.
January 1667: The Khanate of Kalat was founded in 1666 by Mir Ahmad Khan.
December 1698: The fort of Mombasa was subject to an epic two-year siege from 1696-98 by the Omani Arabs, led by Saif bin Sultan. The capture of the fort marked the end of Portuguese presence on the coast.
January 1699: Pemba conquered by Muscat and Oman.
January 1699: Zanzibar became part of Oman in 1698.
January 1699: In 1698 Lamu was conquered by Oman.
March 1728: Portuguese rule restored in Mombasa.
November 1729: Mombasa conquered by Imamate of Oman.
January 1743: The State of Las Bela was founded in 1742 by Jam Ali Khan I, a Baloch chieftain. It was established in the region of present-day Pakistan, near the Arabian Sea. Las Bela was known for its strategic location and its rulers played a significant role in the history of the region.
July 1747: Assassination of Nader Shah. Muscat regains independence.
January 1751: Around the middle of the 18th century, the Imam of Muscat took possession of this fort, repaired it, and garrisoned it with 200 men. It is since this time that the new Hormuz has risen. The imam pays a tribute to Persia for this acquisition.
January 1751: The state of Makran was established in the eighteenth century by native sardars of the Gichki Baloch family of Makran.
January 1772: Hadimu conquered by Muscat and Oman.
January 1784: By 1783, the Omani Empire expanded eastwards to Gwadar in present day Pakistan.
January 1785: In 1784, the island of Kilwa came under the rule of the Sultans of Oman and Zanzibar.
January 1795: Between 1794 and 1868, Bandar Abbas was under the control of the Sultanate of Oman and Zanzibar through a lease agreement with Persia.
January 1801: Establishment of Shambalai in Tanganyka.
January 1801: Establishment of Suji in Tanganyka.
January 1801: Establishment of Nguru in Tanganyka.
January 1802: C.1801: Gongwe is founded.
January 1803: In 1783 Bahrain together with Qatar, under the leadership of the Banū Uṭub tribe, rebelled against the Āl Makhtūr and became definitively independent from the Persians. Independence was short-lived, however, and the archipelago was conquered by the Sultanate of Oman, then in its heyday, in 1802.
January 1809: Expansion of the Emirate of Diriyah by 1808.
January 1823: In 1822 a new revolt, this time led by the Al Khalīfa family, restored the independence of the Khalifa state in Bahrain.
July 1826: Omani rule restored in Mombasa.
January 1851: European missionaries began settling in the area from Mombasa to Mount Kilimanjaro in the 1840s, nominally under the protection of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
January 1851: Establishment of Mbaga in Tanganyka.
January 1855: The Persians recovered the area of Bandar Abbas in 1854, while the Omani sultan was in Zanzibar.
October 1856: After the death of the Sultan in 1856, two of his sons, Majid bin Said and Thuwaini bin Said, struggled over the succession, so Zanzibar and Oman were divided into two separate realms. Thuwaini became the Sultan of Muscat and Oman while Majid became the first Sultan of Zanzibar.
Disestablishment
October 1856: After the death of the Sultan in 1856, two of his sons, Majid bin Said and Thuwaini bin Said, struggled over the succession, so Zanzibar and Oman were divided into two separate realms. Thuwaini became the Sultan of Muscat and Oman while Majid became the first Sultan of Zanzibar.
Selected Sources
p.15 , موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء العرب والمسلمين (Encyclopedia of Notable Arab and Muslim Scholars and Writers, Volume 4), Volume 4 :(2004) دار الجيل ؛
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