Sultan bin Saif bin 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. He ruled from 1649 to 1679. He completed the work of his predecessor, Nasir bin Murshid, in driving the Portuguese out of Oman. Their last base in Muscat fell to his forces in January 1650. He built up Omani sea power, taking the fight against the Portuguese to their bases in India and East Africa. During his reign the country was peaceful and increasingly prosperous.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
end the Portuguese presence in Muscat. In 1696, under the reign of SaifbinSultan, an Omani fleet attacked Mombasa, besieging the Portuguese Fort Jesus...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Zayed binSultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان, romanized: Zāyid binSulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati...
Omani advantage. Nasir bin Murshid died on 14 April 1649 and was buried at Nizwa. He was succeeded by his cousin, SultanbinSaif, who was to soon drive...
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...
and took possession of some ships and drove away. The sultan of Oman at the time, SultanbinSaif II, asked for the assistance of the Utub in invading...
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...
destination. It was built in the 1650s by the second Ya’rubi; Imam SultanBinSaif Al Ya'rubi, although its underlying structure goes back to the 12th...
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...
H.E. Dr. SultanSaif Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) is an Emirati astronaut and one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab...
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