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Ya'rubid Dynasty (Oman)

Ibadi imamate of Oman founded by Imam Nasir bin Murshid in 1624 that unified Oman, expelled the Portuguese from Muscat in 1650, and built an Indian Ocean maritime empire seizing Portuguese possessions on the East African Swahili coast (Mombasa, Zanzibar, Kilwa, Pemba) and the Persian Gulf.

Fell after a prolonged succession struggle and civil war that began in 1712; Ahmad bin Said of the Al Bu Said became undisputed ruler of Oman in 1749, founding the Al Bu Said dynasty (already canonical as 'Oman', id: oman, and 'Omani Empire', id: omani_empire).

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Further reading

• The Imamate Tradition of Oman John C. Wilkinson · 1987

  The standard Cambridge University Press scholarly study of the Ibadi imamate of Oman, including the Ya'rubid restoration and its Indian Ocean expansion.

• Makran, Oman and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856 Beatrice Nicolini · 2004

  Brill study of the Omani maritime world linking Oman, the Makran coast and Zanzibar - context for the Ya'rubid and successor Busaidi Indian Ocean empire.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Ya'rubids' - founding (Nasir bin Murshid, elected 1624), capital Nizwa/Rustaq, expulsion of Portuguese from Muscat (1650), East African conquest incl. Mombasa/Fort Jesus 1698, fall via 1712 succession war
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Yaʿrubid dynasty' (non-Wikipedia) - 'rulers of Oman between 1624 and 1742', recapture of Muscat 1650, occupation of Portuguese Persian Gulf and East African possessions
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Al Bu Said dynasty' (non-Wikipedia) - Ahmad ibn Said displaced the Yaʿrubids by about 1749 to found the Al Bu Said dynasty of Oman and Zanzibar
• Wikidata Q1752110 ('Yaruba dynasty', rulers of Oman 1624-1742) - entity identity and dates