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 | |||||||||
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| 1650–1820 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Muscat | ||||||||
| Common languages | Yemeni Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish | ||||||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1650 | ||||||||
| 1743 | |||||||||
• Assassination of Nader Shah; Muscat regains independence | June 1747 | ||||||||
• unity with Imamate of Oman | 1820 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1820 | ||||||||
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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
- 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). pp. 19–42. doi:10.1080/03068372708724956.
- 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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