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Timeline of Muscat

The following is a of the history of the city of Muscat, Oman.

Prior to 20th century

  • 550 BCE – Achaemenids in power (approximate date).
  • 100s CE – Migration of Arab tribes from Yemen.
  • 633 CE – Regional Islamization.
  • 696 CE – Umayyad army attempting to seize Muscat was defeated.
  • 865 CE – Flood destroy a portion of the city.
  • 1507 – City taken by Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque.
  • 1522 – Uprising against Portuguese rule.
  • 1546 – City bombarded by Ottoman ships without landing.
  • 1552 – Capture of Muscat (1552) by Ottoman forces under Piri Reis for a brief period.
  • 1581 – City pillaged by Ottomans under command of Piri Reis before withdrawing.
  • 1586-1588 – Fort al-Jalali and Fort al-Mirani completed.
  • 1624 – Construction begins of "earthen land wall" around city.
  • 1640 – City attacked by forces of Nasir bin Murshid.
  • 1648 – City besieged by Nasir ibn Murshid but Portuguese sued for peace.
  • 1650 – City taken by forces of Sultan bin Saif; Portuguese ousted.
  • 1670 – Dutch East India Company factory established.
  • 1738 – Muscat occupied by forces of Muhammad Taqi Khan of Fars.
  • 1740s – Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi in power.
  • 1792 – Albusaidi monarch Hamad ibn Said relocates the capital of Oman from Rustaq to Muscat.
  • 1800 – British representative of the British East India Company takes residence in Muscat.
  • 1806 – Said bin Sultan in power.
  • 1832 – Capital of the Omani empire relocated from Muscat to colonial Zanzibar by Said bin Sultan.
  • 1845 – Bait al-Falaj Fort built.
  • 1856 – Thuwaini bin Said becomes sultan of the newly formed Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and his capital is Muscat.
  • 1879 – The United States consulate is established in Muscat.
  • 1890 – Cyclonic storm flooding kills 700 people.
  • 1893 – Hospital established.
  • 1894 – French consulate established.
  • 1899 – Bubonic plague strikes at Muscat.

20th century

  • 1928 – Al-Sa'idiyah School established.
  • 1929 – Vehicular road into city built "by the hacking out of a one-lane track through the mountains."
  • 1932 – Said bin Taimur becomes sultan.
  • 1939 – Municipal council established.
  • 1943 – Bombing of ship in harbor by Japanese forces.
  • 1948 – Imperial Bank of Iran branch in business.
  • 1949 – Municipal Law for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman issued.
  • 1951 – Indian consulate established.
  • 1952 – Population: 4,200 in town (approximate estimate).
  • 1960 – Population: 5,080 in town; 6,208 urban agglomeration (approximate estimate).
  • 1962 – Muttrah-Muscat road paved.
  • 1963 – Slavery abolished.

21st century

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