Sultan bin Saif II () was the fifth of the

Yaruba dynasty The Yarubid dynasty () (also the Yaruba or Ya'arubi) were rulers of Oman between 1624 and 1742, holding the title of Imam. They expelled the Portuguese from coastal strongholds in Muscat and united the country. They improved agriculture, expand ...

of Imams of

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

, a member of the

Ibadi The Ibadi movement or Ibadism ( ar, الإباضية, al-Ibāḍiyyah) is a school of Islam. The followers of Ibadism are known as the Ibadis. Ibadism emerged around 60 years after the Islamic prophet Muhammad's death in 632 AD as a moderate s ...

sect. He ruled from 1711 to 1718. After his death, leaving a young son as his successor, the country degenerated into civil war. Sultan bin Saif II succeeded his father, Saif bin Sultan, when he died in 1711. He established his capital at Al-Hazm on the road from Rustaq to the coast. Now just a village, there still are remains of a great fortress that he built there around 1710, which contains his tomb. When Sultan bin Saif II died in 1718, his popular twelve-year-old son

Saif bin Sultan II Saif bin Sultan II () (c. 1706 – 1743) was the sixth of the Yaruba dynasty of Imams of Oman, a member of the Ibadi sect. He held the position of Imam four times during a chaotic period of civil war and invasion by Persian forces. Saif bin Sultan ...

was nominal successor. The ''ulama'' instead elected Saif's older brother Muhanna as Imam, who was soon replaced by his cousin

Ya'arab bin Bel'arab Ya'arab bin Bel'arab () (died 1723) was one of the rival Imams during the civil wars in Oman in the final years of the Yaruba dynasty. Ya'arab bin Bel'arab was the cousin of Saif bin Sultan II, the young son of Sultan bin Saif II. Saif bin Sultan ...

, who then had to resign in favor of Saif bin Sultan II. A civil war commenced.

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Citations Sources * * Omani monarchy Omani imams Omani Ibadi Muslims 1718 deaths Yaruba dynasty Year of birth unknown {{Oman-bio-stub 18th-century Arabs 18th-century Omani people