Saif bin Sultan (Arabic: سيف بن سلطان) was the fourth of the Yaruba dynasty Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect. He ruled from 1692 to 1711, during which Omani presence became firmly established on the coast of East Africa.
SaifbinSultan (Arabic: سيف بن سلطان) was the fourth of the Yaruba dynasty Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect. He ruled from 1692 to 1711, during...
end the Portuguese presence in Muscat. In 1696, under the reign of SaifbinSultan, an Omani fleet attacked Mombasa, besieging the Portuguese Fort Jesus...
SaifbinSultan II (Arabic: سيف بن سلطان الثاني) (c. 1706 – 1743) was the sixth of the Yaruba dynasty of Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect. He...
SultanbinSaif II (Arabic: سلطان الثاني اليعربي) was the fifth of the Yaruba dynasty of Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect. He ruled from 1711...
Sayyid Saïd binSultan al-Busaidi (Arabic: سعيد بن سلطان, Saʿīd binSulṭān, Swahili: Saïd bin Sultani) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856) was Sultan of Muscat...
country. The sultans of Oman are members of the Busaid dynasty, which has been the ruling family of Oman since the mid-18th century. Haitham bin Tariq is...
SultanbinSaifbin Malik (Arabic: سلطان بن سيف اليعربي) (died c. 1679) was the second of the Yaruba dynasty of Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect...
Sultan married Sheikha bint Saif Al Nahyan in 1984. They have seven children together: Al Yazia bint Sultanbin Khalifa Al Nahyan Hissa bint Sultan bin...
Sheikh Sultanbin Zayed binSultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: سلطان بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 1955 – 18 November 2019) was an Emirati politician and member of...
murdered. Muhanna binSultan was a younger brother of the great Imam SaifbinSultan (r. 1692–1711). He was the great-uncle of SaifbinSultan II, the eldest...
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed binSultan Al Nahyan, AbZ (Arabic: عبد الله بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 30 April 1972) is the Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Imam in 1742 in place of SaifbinSultan II. His predecessor called on the Persians for assistance. In mid-1743 Sultanbin Murshid died while defending...
Badr bin Saif made Salim binSultan governor of Al Maşna‘ah, on the Batinah coast and Said binSultan governor of Barka. In 1806 Said binSultan lured Badr...
brother-in-law by marriage. The actors Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan, the jewelry designer Saba Ali Khan and the cricketer Saad Bin Jung are her grandsons and granddaughters...
Sheikh Zayed binSultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان, romanized: Zāyid binSulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati...
skirmishes, Ya'Arab bin Bel'arab was defeated at Nizwa and the young SaifbinSultan II was again declared Imam, this time with Bela'rab bin Nasir as regent...
Department. He and his brothers, Mubarak, Tahnoun, Saif and Suroor were the major supporters of Zayed binSultan, and they all assumed leading posts. From 1977...
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed binSultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 20 November 1970), often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is...
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