Omani Empire

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The Omani Empire was a maritime sultanate centered in Oman that became a major Indian Ocean trading power, ruling territories along the East African coast, including Zanzibar, and parts of the Persian Gulf.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Omani Empire canonical 4
Omani Empire in East Africa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern empire ⓘ
maritime empire ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ
alliance treaties with the British Empire ⓘ
capital Muscat ⓘ
Zanzibar City ⓘ
conflict conflicts with Persian forces ⓘ
wars with the Portuguese Empire ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
country Oman ⓘ
economicActivity Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
clove trade ⓘ
date cultivation and export ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
emergedFrom Imamate of Oman ⓘ
Yaruba dynasty state ⓘ
endTime 1861 (partition of Muscat and Zanzibar) ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Omanis ⓘ
Swahili peoples ⓘ
linked to: Swahili people
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Gwadar ⓘ
Kilwa ⓘ
linked to: Kilwa Kisiwani

Lamu ⓘ
Mombasa ⓘ
Muscat ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Pemba Island ⓘ
Socotra ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
parts of the Persian Gulf coast ⓘ
parts of the Swahili Coast ⓘ
influencedCulture Swahili culture ⓘ
coastal East African architecture ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legacy Arabic influence in Zanzibar and the Swahili Coast ⓘ
division into modern Oman and Zanzibar sultanate ⓘ
militaryStrength naval power in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
notableDynasty Al Said dynasty ⓘ
Yaruba dynasty ⓘ
notablePort Matrah ⓘ
Mombasa ⓘ
Muscat ⓘ
Sur ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
notableRuler Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi ⓘ
Said bin Sultan ⓘ
Sultan bin Saif I ⓘ
peakPeriod reign of Said bin Sultan (early to mid-19th century) ⓘ
religion Ibadi Islam ⓘ
rulingTitle Sultan ⓘ
significantEvent 1861 division into Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ
control of Gwadar on the Makran coast ⓘ
establishment of capital at Zanzibar ⓘ
expansion along the East African coast ⓘ
expulsion of the Portuguese from Muscat ⓘ
involvement in the East African slave trade ⓘ
participation in Indian Ocean trade networks ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
c. 1650 ⓘ
successor Sultanate of Muscat and Oman ⓘ
linked to: Oman

Sultanate of Zanzibar ⓘ
tradingRegion Arabian Sea ⓘ
East African coast ⓘ
linked to: Swahili Coast

Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zanzibar → colonialPower → Omani Empire ⓘ
Sultanate of Zanzibar → followed → Omani Empire ⓘ
Portuguese occupation of Muscat → followedBy → Omani Empire in East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Omani Empire
Arab-Swahili traders → interactedWith → Omani Empire ⓘ