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Ghālib

imam of Oman
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Ghālib was the imam of Oman who succeeded Muḥammad al-Khalīlī in 1954. He declared Oman independent from Muscat after the sultan granted an oil concession in the imam's territory. This led to the sultan, with British support, invading the Omani interior and abolishing the office of imam. Ghālib abdicated, but his brother continued the rebellion, and Ghālib later reassumed the title of imam. The rebellion was ultimately suppressed by British forces in 1959. The Al Bū Saʿīd dynasty has ruled Oman since around 1749, with periods of division and conflict between the coastal sultanate and the interior imamate.12

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