Oman’s unique story contains
elements of great moral strength,
courage, heroism, maritime skills,
scholarship and hard work that have
together molded the sultanate into
its present form.
By drawing our attention to the
noble efforts of distinguished Omanis,
the historians who provide us with
a deeper understanding of the great
wealth of human experience that
is at the foundation of modern Oman.
Oman occupies the far south-eastern
corner of the Arabian Peninsula,
its geographical boundaries clearly
defined by nature from earliest
times.
An understanding of Oman’s place
at the heart of the Middle East
and its relationship with the civilizations
and political entities around it
is central to any explanation of
the political interactions which
impact on this region,both as far
as internal dynamics are concerned
and externally in the context of
the pressure exercised by international
power.
Wattia in the district of Muscat
is the oldest human settlement and
dates to the Stone Age before more
than 10,000 years old.
Babylon and Assyria were among the
first empires to control the Asian
land trade from the Arabian Gulf
to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.
Later the Persian Empire would emerge
and expand to gain influence over
a vast area and control the region’s
trade.
Imamate reign started in Oman since
751 by electing ibn Masoud as the
first imam, and lasted for four
centuries ( until 1154 ).The Imamas
Oman was in the Nabhan period between
the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries
AD, attempts to revive the Imamate
in Oman were renewed in the fifteenth
century but these attempts were
permeated.
Between 1498 to 1507, after Portugal
had occupied the trading ports of
East Africa along with Aden. The
Portuguese stranglehold, which lasted
for more than a century and a half,
was to fail because of Oman’s spirited
resistance, the selection of Imam
Nasir bin Murshid to the Imamate
in 1624 AD.
The Portuguese centers in India
suffered tremendously from the Omani
strikes, Portuguese and the Omanis
engaged in bloody battles for the
control of East Africa, all the
East African shores from Mombassa
up to Kilwa fell under Omani controlling
1698 AD the Omanis conquered Mombassa
and then entered Pemba, Zanzibar
and Patta, Mozambique was the Only
country that resisted the Omani
Arab fleet, and it stayed under
Portuguese control until the twentieth
century.
The Persian invasions were not to
achieve their objective of subduing
Oman in view of the valiant resistance
put up by the Omanis, despite recurrent
attempts in the period from 1737-1744
AD, there are many noble aspects
to Oman’s resistance to the Persian
invasion in that period and their
ultimate victory over them at the
hands of Imam Ahmed bin Said Al-Busaidi
who succeeded in ousting the Persians
from Oman and was elected Imam in
1744 AD,
In 1970 his Majesty Sultan Qaboos
bin Said was Crowning Glory of Oman,
starting the modern age of Oman.
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