Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a polity in Arabian Pensinsula that emerged when the Omani Empire was divided in 1856 between Muscat and Oman (possessions in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula) and Zanzibar (possession in Africa). It was placed under British protection in 1891.

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1857: Under British pressure following the Anglo-Persian War in 1856, Persia renewed Oman's lease on favourable terms.

January 1859: In 1858 Sultan Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, from the old ruling family of the Nabahani, founded the town of Pate on the island of the same name and established an independent sultanate.

January 1869: Two months after its renewal, the Omani lease was cancelled by the Persian government, citing a clause which permitted its termination if the sultan of Oman were overthrown.