`Uman
2200-550 BC Kingdom of Makan
370-140 Kingdom of Muscat
140-600 Annexed by Persia
630-1165 Imamate of Oman under the Ibadi Iman of the Azd clan
1165-1625 Division into Suhar and Nizwa
1515 - 1650 Muscat a Portuguese possestion
1749 - 1786 Imamate of Oman (interior area)
1784 Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (coastal area)
1792 - 1868 Bandar 'Abbas leased to Muscat and Oman
1792 - 08 Sep 1958 Indian port of Gwadur part of Muscat and Oman
(ceded to Pakistan in 1958)
03 Oct 1868 - 1871 Imamate resored
30 Jan 1871 Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
20 Mar 1891 - 02 Dec 1971 British protectorate
24 May 1913 - 17 Dec 1955 Ibadi Imamate in opposition to the Sultan
09 Aug 1970 - Sultanate of Oman
Government: Sultanate
Languages: Yemeni Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Persian.
Capital: Muscat.
Religion: Ibadi Islam, Sunni Islam, Shi'a Islam, Hindu.
National Anthem: "Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultan" (The Sultan's Anthem)
National Emblem: Khanjar dagger.
National Day: Birthday of the Sultan, 18 November (1940).
National Motto: None.
Currency: Omani Rial.
Imamate of Oman
Imams
651-659 Abbad II
659-697 Sulayman I
791 Shaykh Musa ibn Abu Djabar al-Azdi
791-792 Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abu Affan al-Azdi
792-804 Shaykh al-Warris ibn Kaab
807-823 Shaykh Hasan
823-840 Shaykh Abd al-Malik
841-851 Shaykh al-Muhanna
851-887 as-Salt ibn Malik al-Azid
887-890 Shaykh Rashid ibn Nasir
890-893 Shaykh al-Azzan
897-898 Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Azdi
898-899 Azzan ibn Hizr al-Maliki
899-900 Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Haddani
900 as-Salt ibn al-Qasim
900-905 al-Hasan ibn Sa'id al-Shahtani
905-912 al-Hawari ibn Masraf al-Haddani
912-931 Umar ibn Muhammad
931-933 Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Kindi
933-935 al-Haqim ibn al-Mulla
935-939 Abul Qasim sa'id ibn Abdullah
939-943 Rashid ibn al-Wahid
951-973 Aby Muhammad
973 Shaykh Ward ibn Zayad
1050-1053 Rashid ibn Sa'id
1053 Hafs ibn Rashid
1053-1055 Rashid ibn Ali I
1055-1057 Abu Djaber Musa ibn Musa al-Maali
1116-1119 Muhammad ibn Habis
1119-1130 Rashid ibn Ali II
1130-1154 Musa ibn Djaber al-Maali
1154-1161 Muhammad ibn Hanbash
1161-1165 Hafs ibn Muhammad
1406 - 1435 Makhzum bin al Fallah
1435 - 1451 Abul Hassan
1451 - 1460 Omar bin al-Khattab
1490 - 1500 Omar al-Sharif
1500 - 1529 Muhammad bin Ismail
1529 - 1560 Barakhat bin Muhammad
1560 - 1624 Abdullah bin Muhammad
1624 - 14 Apr 1649 Ya`ariba, Nasr bin Murshid
1649 - 1679 Ya`ariba, Sultan bin Saif bin Malik
1679 - 1711 Ya`ariba, Ab'ul Bil'arab bin Sultan
1692 - 15 Oct 1711 Ya`ariba, Sayf I ibn Sultan
15 Oct 1711 - 1719 Ya`ariba, Sultan II ibn Sayf
1719 - Sep 1724 Ya`ariba, Sayf II ibn Sultan (1st Time)
02 Oct 1724 - Mar 1728 Ya`ariba, Muhammad ibn Nasir
11 Apr 1728 - 1743 Ya`ariba, Sayf II ibn Sultan (2nd Time)
1744 - 1748 Ya`ariba, Bal`arab ibn Himyar ibn Sultan
10 Jun 1748 - 14 Dec 1783 Albusa, Abu Hilal Ahmad ibn Sa`id
15 Dec 1783 - 1811 Albusa, Sa`id I ibn Ahmad
(deposed from temporal power 1786)
1786 - 03 Oct 1868 The Sultans of Oman
03 Oct 1868 - 30 Jan 1871 `Bu Sa`id `Azzan Qays
30 Jan 1871 - 24 May 1913 Vacant
24 May 1913 - 23 Jul 1920 Salim ibn Rashid al-Kharusi
30 Jul 1920 - 02 May 1954 Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Abd
Allah al-Khalili al-Kharusi
03 May 1954 - 17 Dec 1955 Ghalib ibn `Ali al-Hinawi
Sultanate of Oman
Sultans
1784 - 13 Mar 1792 Albusa, Hamad ibn Sa`id ......................... 17..-1792
13 Mar 1792 - 14 Sep 1806 Albusa, Sultan ibn Ahmad ........................ 1745-1804
20 Nov 1804 - 14 Sep 1806 Albusa, Salim I ibn Sultan ...................... 1789-1821
20 Nov 1804 - 19 Oct 1856 Albusa, Sa`id III ibn Sultan .................... 1790-1856
(co-ruler to 1806)
19 Oct 1856 - 11 Feb 1866 Albusa, Thuwayni ibn Sa`id ...................... 1821-1866
11 Feb 1866 - 01 Oct 1868 Albusa, Salim II ................................ 18..-1876
30 Jan 1871 - 04 Jun 1888 Albusa, Turki ibn Sa`id ......................... 1832-1888
04 Jun 1888 - 05 Oct 1913 Albusa, Faysal ibn Turki ........................ 1864-1913
09 Oct 1913 - 10 Feb 1932 Albusa, Taimur ibn Faysal ....................... 1886-1965
10 Feb 1932 - 23 Jul 1970 Albusa, Sa`id IV ibn Taimur ..................... 1910-1972
23 Jul 1970 - 10 Jan 2020 Albusa, Qabus ibn Sa`id al Sa`id................. 1940-2020
11 Jan 2020 - Albusa, Sa`id Haitham bin Tariq al Sa`id ........ 1954-
Wazirs
18.. - 1868 Thuwayni ibn Muhammad Al Bu Said
(1st time)
1868 - 1871 Sa`id ibn Khalfan al Khalili .................... 1811-1870
1872 - 1873 Thuwayni ibn Muhammad Al Bu Said ................ 1838-1873
1873 - 1888 Sa`id ibn Muhammad Al Bu Said ................... 1840-1901
1888 - 1895 Muhammad ibn `Azzan Al Bu Said
1896 - 1900 Thuwayni ibn Muhammad Al Bu Said
(3rd time)
1900 - 1920 Muhammad ibn Ahmad al Ghashsham ................. 18..-1929
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1920 - 1926 Nadir ibn Faysal Al Bu Said ..................... 1888-1971
1926 - 1929 Muhammad ibn Ahmad al Ghashsham
1929 - 1970 Sa`id ibn Taimur
28 Jul - 17 Aug 1970 Barayq bin Hamad
(acting)
Prime Ministers
14 Aug 1970 - 02 Jan 1972 Tariq ibn Taimur ................................ 1921-1980
02 Jan 1972 - 10 Jan 2020 Qabus ibn Sa`id al Sa`id ........................ s.a
11 Jan 2020 - Sa`id Haitham bin Tariq al Sa`id ................ s.a
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