Polity Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (British)

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (British) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a polity in Arabian Pensinsula that emerged when the Omani Empire was divided in 1856 between Muscat and Oman (possessions in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula) and Zanzibar (possession in Africa). It was placed under British protection in 1891.

Establishment

  • January 1892: The sultanate of Muscat and Oman was finally placed under a British protectorate in 1891.

Chronology

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1. Jebel Akhdar War

Was a civil war in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman caused by the effort of the internal region (Oman) to become independent.

1.1. Secession of Oman

Was the secession of Oman from the Sultanate of Muscan and Oman at the beginning of the Jebel Akhdar War.

  • October 1954: De facto secession of Oman.

1.2. Sultanate Counterattack with british support

Was the reconquest of the secessionist Imamate of Oman by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with British military support at the end of the Jebel Akhdar War.

  • January 1959: The SAS occupied Saiq and Shuraijah.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1950: The enclaves of Madha and Nahwa appear to have arisen in the 1930s-40, following a dispute over the ownership of the area between Oman and the local emirs.
  • September 1958: Pakistan conquers Gwadar.
  • August 1970: End of protectorate on Muscat and Oman.

Disestablishment

  • August 1970: End of protectorate on Muscat and Oman.