List of rulers of Oman

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Imamate (751–1406)

Imam (transcription) Arabic name tribe residence Beginning of the reign
al-Dschulanda bin Mas'ud الجلندى بن مسعود Azd ? 751
Mohammed bin Abi Affan محمد بن أبي عفان Azd Nizwa ?
al-Warith bin Ka'ab الوارث بن كعب Yahmad Nizwa 801
Ghassan bin Abdullah غسان بن عبد الله Yahmad Nizwa 807
Abdulmalik bin Humaid عبد المالك بن حميد Azd ? 824
Al-Muhanna bin Jaifar المهنا بن جيفر Yahmad Nizwa 840
as-Salt bin Malik الصلت بن مالك Azd ? 851
Raschid bin an-Nazar راشد بن النظر ? ? 886
Azzan bin Tamim عزان بن تميم ? Nizwa 890
Mohammed bin al-Hasan محمد بن الحسن Azd ? 897
Azzan bin al-Hazbar عزان بن الهزبر Yahmad ? 898
Abdullah bin Mohammed عبد الله بن محمد ? ? 899
as-Salt bin al-Qasim الصلت بن القاسم ? ? 900
al-Husn bin Sa'id الحسن بن سعيد ? ? 900
al-Hawari bin Matraf الحواري بن مطرف ? ? 904
Omar bin Mohammed عمر بن محمد ? ? 912
Mohammed bin Yazid محمد بن يزيد Kinda ? ?
al-Hakm bin al-Mila al-Bahri الحكم بن الملا البحري ? Nizwa ?
Sa'id bin Abdullah سعيد بن عبد الله ? ? 939
Raschid bin Walid راشد بن الوليد ? Nizwa ?
Al-Khalil bin Schadhan الخليل بن شاذان ? ? 1002
Rasheed bin Sa'id راشد بن سعيد ? ? 1032
Hafs bin Raschid حفص بن راشد ? ? 1068
Rashid bin Ali راشد بن علي ? ? 1054
Ibn Jabir Musa ابن جابر موسى ? Nizwa 1154
Malik bin Ali مالك بن علي ? ? 1406

Nabhani dynasty (1406-1624)

Name (transcription) Arabic name Beginning of the reign End of reign comment
Machzum bin al Fallah مخزوم بن الفلاح 1406 1435
Abu al-Hasan Abdallah أبو الحسن عبد الله 1435 1451
Omar bin al-Khattab عمر بن الخطاب 1451 1490
Omar ash-Sharif عمر الشريف 1490 1500
Muhammad bin Ismail محمد بن إسماعيل 1500 1529 Under the Portuguese protectorate since April 15, 1515
Bakarat bin Muhammad بركات بن محمد 1529 1560
Abdullah bin Muhammad عبد الله بن محمد 1560 1624

Yaruba dynasty (first period: 1624-1724)

Surname Beginning of the reign End of reign comment
Nasir ibn Murschid 1624 1649
Sultan ibn Saif I. 1649 1688 Ended the Portuguese protectorate on January 1, 1650
Bilʿarab ibn Sultan 1688 1692
Saif ibn Sultan I. "Qayd al-Ard" 1692 October 15, 1711
Sultan ibn Saif II October 15, 1711 1719
Saif ibn Sultan II (first reign) 1719 October 2, 1724

Banu Ghafir dynasty (1724-1728)

Surname Beginning of the reign End of reign comment
Muhammad bin Nasir October 2, 1724 March 11, 1728

Yaruba dynasty (second period: 1728–1749)

Surname Beginning of the reign End of reign comment
Saif ibn Sultan II (second reign) March 11, 1728 June 20, 1743 Vice-regent with Sultan ibn Murschid since February 1742
Bilʿarab ibn Himyar June 20, 1743 June 10, 1749

Al Said Dynasty (1749– today )

Surname Beginning of the reign End of reign comment
Ahmad ibn Said June 10, 1744 December 15, 1783
Said ibn Ahmad December 15, 1783 1784 The last Sultan of Oman who was also the Imam of Oman. He abdicated in his secular role in favor of his son Hamad and settled in Rustaq , where he died in 1803.
Hamad ibn Said 1784 March 13, 1792
Sultan ibn Ahmad March 13, 1792 November 20, 1804 like
Said ibn Sultan al-Busaidi November 20, 1804 September 14, 1806 together with Sâlim ibn Sultân (1804) and Badr ibn Saif ibn Ahmad (1805-1806)
Said ibn Sultan al-Busaidi September 14, 1806 October 19, 1856 Sole ruler
Thuwaini ibn Said October 19, 1856 February 11, 1866 murdered by his son Salim ibn Thuwaini
Salim ibn Thuwaini February 11, 1866 October 3, 1868 expelled
Azzan ibn Qais October 3, 1868 January 30, 1871 murdered
Turki ibn Said January 30, 1871 June 4, 1888
Faisal ibn Turki June 4, 1888 October 9, 1913 British protectorate since March 20, 1891 → see Persian Gulf Residency
Taimur ibn Faisal October 9, 1913 February 10, 1932 abdicated
Said ibn Taimur February 10, 1932 July 23, 1970 discontinued
Qaboos ibn Said July 23, 1970 January 10, 2020 formally ended the British protectorate
Haitham ibn Tariq January 10, 2020 ongoing

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Salil-Ibn Razik (1871): الشعاع الشائع باللمعان في ذكر أئمة عمان (= History of the Imams and Seyyids Omans / History of the Imams and Seyyids of Oman ), Kessinger Publishing: 2004, pp. 7-36.
  2. Rentz, George (1997) Oman and the south-eastern shore of Arabia , Ithaca Press, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, pp. 204 f., ISBN 0-86372-199-0 .