Sultanate of Oman

The Sultanate of Oman was a sultanate based in the Arabian peninsula, occupying all of southern Arabia. Oman also held territories in southern Iran, Zanzibar, coastal Kenya and Tanzania, as well as in Djibouti, and on the western coastline of Australia. It was a member of the Pan-Atlantic Alliance, along with Euskadi, Finland, and Saudi Arabia. After fracturing into three, they survived in modern-day Oman for some time before being annexed.
== History ==
The sultanate was founded by Saif bin Sultan, who used the fall of the Ottoman Empire to carve out a small nation in the territory of Muscat. They quickly grew to encompass most of southern Arabia, also crossing over to Qeshm Island and nearby Hormozgan. Soon, they established a colony in Western Australia, taking large chunks of its northern coastline, as well as one in Zanzibar, which grew to encompass nearby coastal Africa.
Oman also conquered part of the Horn of Africa opposite of Yemen in order to obtain full control over the Bab-el Mandeb strait. It joined the Pan-Atlantic Alliance to protect itself against South Africa, who they considered a threat. This was their apex of power. However, its empire would end up not last very long.
The sultanate fragmented into three separate states after Saif bin Sultan died in 270AD. His three sons divided the empire into 3 sultanates, with the Omani side still controlling Southern Arabia, with Zanzibar and its Australian lands becoming separate sultanates. This rump Omani sultanate lasted up until 319AD, when it joined Arabia.
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