Tributary network · approximate1698 – 1856 · 158 years

Omani Zanzibar Holdings

Overview

The Omani Empire was a maritime empire, vying with Portugal and Britain for trade and influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. After rising as a regional power in the 18th century, the empire at its peak in the 19th century saw its influence or control extend across the Strait of Hormuz to modern-day Iran and Pakistan, and as far south as Cape Delgado in what is now Mozambique. After the death of Said bin Sultan in 1856 the empire was divided between his sons into two sultanates, an African section ruled by Majid bin Said and an Asian section ruled by Thuwaini bin Said.

Wikipedia: Omani Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

  • SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
  • DETAILhistorical-basemaps
  • SNAPSHOT1856
  • POLITY TYPEtributary

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1698 and fits the map to these borders.

36.0°,-11.2° → 43.3°,1.2°WARS-ATLAS / EMPIRE / AFRICA-OMANI-ZANZIBAR

Cite as: Omani Zanzibar Holdings (1698 – 1856). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-omani-zanzibar · Sources & methodology