Imam Ghalib bin Ali along with his younger brother Talib bin Ali Al Hinai, led the Imamate of Oman in the Jebel Akhdar War against Sultan Said bin Taimur's attack on his lands.
Decembra 1966 je sultan Said bin Taimur poslal vojsko iz Muškata in omansko vojsko, da bi zasedli glavna mesta v Omanu, tudi Nizvo, glavno mesto omanskega imamata, in Ibri.