Sultan ibn Saif I.

Sultan ibn Saif I ( Arabic سلطان بن سيف اليعربي, DMG Sulṭān b. Saif al-Yaʿarubī ; † 1680 ) was Imam of Oman from 1649 to 1668. He belonged to the Yaruba dynasty .

Sultan ibn Saif succeeded Nasir ibn Murschid (1624-1649). He had already distinguished himself in the expulsion of the Portuguese from Sur and Quriyat. He continued the fight against the Portuguese as an imam and drove them out of Muscat in 1650 . With the establishment of a large merchant and war fleet, control of trade in the Gulf region and between Arabia and India was soon gained. Was of great importance u. a. the horse trade .

The fighting with the Portuguese continued even after their withdrawal from Oman, as the Omanis now attacked their bases in East Africa and India. In 1652 Zanzibar was conquered and in 1655 Portuguese Bombay was plundered and destroyed by the Omani fleet. With the boom in trade and economy, the empire experienced a period of economic prosperity, which was expressed in the construction of several fortresses. Sultan ibn Saif I was succeeded by his son Bilʿarab ibn Sultan (1680–1692).

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. 47f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Nasir ibn Murschid	Imam of Oman 1649 - 1680	Bilʿarab ibn Sultan