Saif ibn Sultan I.

Saif ibn Sultan I ( Arabic سيف بن سلطان الأول اليعربي, DMG Saif b. Sulṭān al-auwal al-Yaʿarubī ; † October 15, 1711 ) was Imam of Oman from 1692 until his death.

Saif ibn Sultan had already won rulership over large parts of the country under his brother, the Imam Bilʿarab ibn Sultan (1668–1692). While Bilʿarab was still alive, he pushed through his election as imam. In the now erupting civil war Saif captured in 1692 Dschabrin and sat Bilarab ibn Sultan from. Under Saif, Oman finally rose to become a sea power in the Indian Ocean . In 1698, Mombasa, Pemba and Kilwa, the most important Portuguese bases in East Africa, were conquered. The Portuguese could only maintain their colonies south of Cape Delgado , today's Mozambique .

As a result of these conquests there was an upswing in trade with Africa , with iron and weapons being exchanged for gold and, above all, slaves . Saif used the increasing prosperity to promote agriculture by building or renewing irrigation canals (see: Afladsch ) and favoring the planting of date palms . He was succeeded by his son Sultan ibn Saif II (1711-1718).

literature

• Sergeï Plekhanov: A reformer on the throne. Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said . Trident Press Ltd, London 2004, ISBN 1-900724-70-7 , pp. 48f

predecessor	Office	successor
Bilarab ibn Sultan	Imam of Oman 1692 - 1711	Sultan ibn Saif II