Omani Empire

Omani Empire
الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة الْعُمَانِيَّة (Arabic)
Al-Imbaraṭuriat Al-'Omāniyyah
1696–1856
Flag of Omani Empire
Flag
Coat of arms of Omani Empire
Coat of arms
Chronological map of the Omani Empire and Zanzibar
Chronological map of the Omani Empire and Zanzibar
Capital
Common languagesOfficial:
Arabic
Regional:
Balochi
Persian
Swahili
English
French
Malagasy
Religion
Dominant:
Ibadi Islam
Minor:
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Christianity
Demonym(s)Omani
GovernmentMonarchy
Yaruba Dynasty 
• 1692–1711
Saif bin Sultan (first)
• 1711–1718
Sultan bin Saif II
• 1718–1719
Saif bin Sultan II
• 1719–1720
Muhanna bin Sultan
• 1722–1723
Ya'arab bin Bel'arab
• 1724–1728
Muhammad bin Nasir
• 1742–1743
Sultan bin Murshid
• 1743–1749
Bal'arab bin Himyar
Al Busaid Dynasty 
• 1744–1778
Ahmad bin Said
• 1778–1783
Said bin Ahmed
• 1783–1793
Hamad bin Said
• 1792–1804
Sultan bin Ahmed
• 1805–1806
Badr bin Seif
• 1806–1856
Said bin Sultan (last)
History 
1696
• Civil war
in Oman
1718
• Persian invasion
of Sohar
1742
• Al Busaid Dynasty
took over
1749
• Treaty with the
United States
1837
1856
Population
• 1870 estimate
367,400[1]
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Imamate of Oman
Kathiri
Muscat and Oman
Sultanate of Zanzibar

The Omani Empire (Arabic: الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة الْعُمَانِيَّة) was a maritime empire, vying with Portugal and Britain for trade and influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. After rising as a regional player in the 18th century, the empire at its peak in the 19th century saw its influence or control extend across the Strait of Hormuz to modern-day Iran and Pakistan, and as far south as Cape Delgado. After the death of Said bin Sultan in 1856 the empire was divided between his sons into two sultanates, an African section (Sultanate of Zanzibar) ruled by Majid bin Said and an Asian section (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman) ruled by Thuwaini bin Said.

  1. ^ "Population: Oman", Maddison Project Database, version 2020. Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2020), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy. A new 2020 update ”. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022.