Sultanate of Muscat

The Sultanate of Muscat was a maritime empire during the 18th century, which in 1820 unified with the Imamate of Oman to form the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.[1]

Sultanate of Muscat

سلطنة مسقط
1650–1820
CapitalMuscat
Common languagesYemeni Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish
Religion
Ibadi Islam
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
History 
 Established
1650
 Afsharid conquest of Muscat by Nader Shah
1743
 Assassination of Nader Shah; Muscat regains independence
June 1747
 unity with Imamate of Oman
1820
 Disestablished
1820
Succeeded by
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Sultanate of Zanzibar

Nader Shah's conquest of Muscat

In 1743, Nader Shah took Muscat.[2] When Nader Shah was assassinated in 1747 his empire disintegrated, and so the Sultanate of Oman regained independence from the Afsharid dynasty.

References

  1. Eccles, Captain G. J. (1927). "The Sultanate of Muscat and 'Oman − With a description of a journey into the interior undertaken in 1925". Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. 14 (1): 19–42. doi:10.1080/03068372708724956.
  2. Axworthy 2006, p. 263.

Sources

  • Axworthy, Michael (2006). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857721938.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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