Yaʿrubid dynasty

Arabian dynasty

Also known as: Yaʿariba dynasty

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The Ya\u02bfrubid dynasty was an Arab dynasty founded around 1624 when a member of the Ya\u02bfrub tribe was elected imam in Oman. This dynasty successfully expelled the Portuguese from Muscat and expanded their influence along the East African coast, becoming a dominant power in the Indian Ocean trade. The Ya\u02bfrubids also engaged in conflicts with the Persians and experienced internal dynastic disputes, which eventually led to the rise of the \u0100l B\u016b Sa\u02bf\u012bd dynasty in 1749.1

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history of Arabia
Omani expansion
The Yaʿrubid dynasty—founded about 1624 when a member of the Yaʿrub tribe was elected imam—expelled the Portuguese from Muscat and set to harrying Portuguese possessions on the Indian coast. Embarking on expansion overseas—to Mombasa in 1698, then to Pemba, Zanzibar, and Kilwa—the Omanis became the supreme…
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The Yaʿrubid dynasty—founded about 1624 when a member of the Yaʿrub tribe was elected imam—expelled the Portuguese from Muscat and set to harrying Portuguese possessions on the Indian coast. Embarking on expansion overseas—to Mombasa in 1698, then to Pemba, Zanzibar, and Kilwa—the Omanis became the supreme…
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Oman
Portuguese and Persian invasions
…than a century later the Yaʿrubid dynasty drove the Portuguese from the Omani coast, recapturing Muscat in 1650 and then occupying Portuguese settlements in the Persian Gulf and East African coastal regions. Their empire eventually crumbled in a civil war over the succession of the imam in the early 18th…
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…than a century later the Yaʿrubid dynasty drove the Portuguese from the Omani coast, recapturing Muscat in 1650 and then occupying Portuguese settlements in the Persian Gulf and East African coastal regions. Their empire eventually crumbled in a civil war over the succession of the imam in the early 18th…
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