oman was given the official name sultanate of oman in 1958.
oman was given the official name sultanate of oman in 1958.
when was oman given the official name sultanate of oman?
1958
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in the mid 18th century, ahmed bin sa'id al bu said, who came from a small village in the interior of oman, expelled the persian colonizers from oman and became the elected imam of oman, with rustaq as its capital. upon imam ahmed's death in 1783, the sovereignty of oman was divided between the coastal side, which followed a hereditary line of succession ruled by albusaidi sultans in muscat, and the interior of oman, which retained the elective imamate and later moved its capital from rustaq to nizwa. the british empire was keen to dominate southeast arabia to stifle the growing dominance of other european powers and to weaken the omani empire during the 18th century. the british empire thus made the decision to back the albusaidi sultans of muscat. the british empire established a series of treaties with the sultans with the objective of advancing british political and economic interest in muscat, in return for granting protection to the sultans. the sultanate eventually became increasingly dependent on british loans and political advice. there were often tensions between the imams and the sultans of muscat. the dispute between the imamate and the sultanate was for the most part political. the omanis in the interior believed that the ruler should be elected and rejected british growing political and economic control over muscat and oman. in 1913, imam salim ibn rashid al-kharusi instigated an anti-muscat rebellion that lasted until 1920 when the imamate established peace with the sultanate through the signing of treaty of seeb. the treaty resulted in a "de facto" split between oman and muscat, wherein the interior part (oman) was ruled by the imamate and the coastal part (muscat) was ruled by the sultanate. iraq petroleum company, which signed an oil concession with the sultan of muscat in 1937, deduced that oil was very likely to exist in the interior regions of oman. in 1954, a new imam, ghalib alhinai, defended the imamate from the attacks of the sultanate of muscat, which was backed by the british government. sultan said bin taimur of muscat, with the direct support from the british forces, was able to defeat the imamate in jebel akhdar war that lasted until 1959. the name muscat and oman was changed to the sultanate of oman in 1970.
oman proper