Sultanate of Muscat
| Sultanate of Muscat | ||||||||||
| سلطنة مسقط | ||||||||||
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 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. | ||||||||||
| Capital | Muscat | |||||||||
| Languages | Yemeni Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish | |||||||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | |||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | Established | 1650 | ||||||||
| • | Afsharid conquest of Muscat by Nader shah | 1743 | ||||||||
| • | unity with Imamate of Oman | 1820 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1820 | ||||||||
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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]
Nader Shah's conquest of Muscat
Map of the Afsharid Empire at its greatest extent in 1741-1743.
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.
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