How Oman Conquered East Africa

How did a tiny Arabian Nation rise to become the only Islamic colonial empire in history?

[@juniorjames7076]

This was excellent! Very little discussed aspect of African history. Thank you so much.

[@jaif7327]

probably the only youtuber who actually makes any history video on Oman, respect

[@TheMiels]

And bill wurz

[@jaif7327]

@@TheMiels the sultan of oman lives in zanzibar now

[@hunnugumti3281]

Which is a fake one

[@jaif7327]

@@hunnugumti3281 ?

[@harryb7149]

Thank you for this fascinating video!

[@carterstroud5403]

this is such an underrated history channel great job :)

Amazing watch as a history enthusiast!!!!!!! I really love this thanks

[@SomasAcademy]

Good video, but very quiet, I had to put my volume all the way up to hear.

[@jaguargaming6084]

Good video

[@popularhistory6118]

one could argue that Oman wasn't the only Arab colonial empire, even in terms of the original sense: the 'colonia' forts established on the coast by maritime empires. The ottomans did this, having a colonial empire that stretched even towards Indonesia with their contacts with Aceh. One could also point to the Umayyads or Aghlabids as a colonial empire due to their maritime conquests in Spain, Sicily, and even southern Italy

[@user-qm7hq1de9i]

Yeah, people tend to forget that colonialism happened before the Europeans. One of the earliest examples is from a cradle of civilization itself (Indus Valley). They set up a trading colony called Shortugai, and mined lapis lazuli to sell to Sumerians. That being said, imperialism is not necessarily synonymous with colonialism. It depends on how you define it. If you're talking about colonialism like the Phoenicians and Greeks, then you can count basically every empire that has ever established a garrison or trading post in a strategic point to be a colonial power. But usually, that's not what people mean. If you're talking about colonialism like the European powers after the Industrial Revolution, with fierce central authority based overseas and the extraction of resources for factories in the motherland, then that happened from 1760s onwards.

[@imunderdavatter4456]

excellent video! but try next time practice the pronounciation of some names (ex. saif is pronounced like sayf )

[@maxcali863]

The historical account that attributes the decline of Portuguese presence in East Africa solely to disease is inaccurate. In reality, it was the Ajuuran Empire that played a significant role in combating the Portuguese. The Ajuuran actively engaged in battles against the Portuguese, who were not established rulers but rather pirates disrupting the Indian Ocean trade routes. The Ajuuran Empire ruled regions including Sofala in Mozambique and, recognizing the threat posed by the Portuguese, sought to eliminate their interference. To strengthen their efforts, the Ajuuran invited the Omanis to join the fight against the Portuguese. They also shared their advanced shipbuilding technology and knowledge of navigating the monsoon seasons with the Omanis. This collaboration was instrumental in their combined success against the Portuguese, ensuring the continued dominance of the Ajuuran Empire in the region and gifted Mombasa to the Omanis as fellow Muslim nation with the same interest.

[@thexadhix]

Please fix the audio volume if possible. Thanks :)

[@blackpanther8219]

Ajuran Empire successfully resisted Oromo invasions from the west and fought against Portuguese incursions from the east with the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century🇸🇴 never heard of Oman entering Africa before 19-20th century but Saudi yes, but that was more than 1,000 years ago is how Islam reached the Somali people 🤔

[@StoicHistorian]

@@blackpanther8219 ajuran was more north at this time

[@LST25]

The Portuguese have been defeated by Somalis twice making somalis the first Africans to defeat a White Power The Omani and Somalis captured Mombasa using their Navies Somalia at that time was under the Ajuran Empire The Portuguese dont like when they get defeated in battle and site disease as the main cause 😂

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

just because the Portuguese blame all their defeats on "disease" doesn't mean it is true.

[@StoicHistorian]

That is very true, it definitely played a factor tho

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

The somalis defeated the Portuguese with the help of the ottoman

[@ghst4487]

The somalis defeated the Portuguese

[@faisalalwahaibi9362]

🇴🇲🇴🇲🇴🇲 Im from oman

[@gorillazhead]

Could it be that the Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now?

[@TimSerras]

The Portuguese lost interest in East African ports such as Mombasa and Malindi. Mozambique was good enough for them to resupply their ships on their way to India. Besides, what profit did they achieve? They were interested in gold and silver which were minimal in EastAfrica (except Sofala where the Portuguese held for over400 years ).

[@StoicHistorian]

They still wanted it for slaves, the king of Portugal sent many expeditions to try to reclaim Mombasa and Zanzibar but they failed.

[@Pmooli]

It was said you could count every rib bones of the last Portuguese in malindi. Even in mombasa there were about 8 sickly with malaria left when the people revolted. They died in their thousands and never made much of it. The British east African company collapsed within a decade and Britain never made money off African colonialization, in fact they lost money. A few settlers made it big but not the empire.

[@adamradziwill]

@@StoicHistorian NO YOU Muslim GUYS WANT BLACK slaves . LOL, YOU ARE SUCH PATHETIC MUSLIM PROPAGANDIST , YOU LIKE RT

[@adamradziwill]

+1. not a word about Oman´s BLACK slavery. LOL, this guy is SUCH PATHETIC MUSLIM PROPAGANDIST , he is LIKE pootin

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

I swear all you need today is a youtube channel’s, reddit account and a Wikipedia page and you can make up history 😂 by God was watching another video the day of some indian group claiming that ancient puntland was in south India. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@notitle9941]

Bro why do you care wallahi stop bringing Somalis into this let them talk shit we need to build them talk but all I see is people talking online while the country is in shambles nacaas

[@larrywave]

😁👍

[@miraeid6527]

so why some Omanes say we ruled magdisho 😂😂when they passed by the long cost line of somalia to Bambasa not doing any thing?😂

[@abdulraheemalnabhani2007]

Actually we didint say that we ruled magdisho

[@tvtalkwithavi]

What makes them the only Arab colonial empire?

[@StoicHistorian]

No other Arabian nation had wide scale colonies such as this

[@tvtalkwithavi]

( not being argumentative, just curious on what qualifies) Is it just because it's outside of the Middle East? I'm asking because Arabs went around colonizing the entire Middle East during the Islamic Conquest.. Just wondering why that's considered different? Sorry if I'm bothering you but the wording is really interesting. @@StoicHistorian

[@user-qm7hq1de9i]

Imperialism is not necessarily synonymous with colonialism. It depends on how you define it. If you're talking about colonialism like the Phoenicians and Greeks, then you can count basically every empire that has ever established a garrison or trading post in a strategic point to be a colonial power. But usually, that's not what people mean. If you're talking about colonialism like the European powers after the Industrial Revolution, with fierce central authority based overseas and the extraction of resources for factories in the motherland, then that happened from 1760s onwards.

[@FNA27601]

​@tvtalkwithavi youre confusing conquest with the post industrial revolution european colonialism.

[@tvtalkwithavi]

I'm not though. @@FNA27601

[@afifi1828]

If only Oman conquer many more area in Africa such as Madagascar

[@StoicHistorian]

I’m surprised they didn’t try conquering Madagascar, it would have been interesting

[@husseinbnali8445]

@@StoicHistorianthey did reach madagascar. This is what most maps of the Omani empire say at least

[@poorindiansanddogsarenotal1276]

@@husseinbnali8445 did oman conquered somali

[@Alqoaity]

They did reach the northern coast of Madagascar actually, but they did not penetrate much inside the mainland, the small number of Omanis army was a major obstacle.

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

@@husseinbnali8445could you show me this omani map lol

[@111dudi]

Omanis didn't conquer Africa.They conquered the Portuguese( at the request of the Africans) who ruled Africa buy guns. Dont cheat peope

[@badralmamary3084]

So what is the difference?

[@111dudi]

@@badralmamary3084 these things had to happen at the time, likewise bow, the Western countries tries colonise other countries in a modern way.

[@ghst4487]

​@@111dudioman were weak they were always saved by somalis

[@111dudi]

@@ghst4487 A BIG JOKE

[@ghst4487]

@@111dudi it's a fact oman and in general were weak. If it wasn't for the somalis the omanis would've still been under Portuguese

[@hunnugumti3281]

How about stop lying about the already written histories 😂

[@StoicHistorian]

@@hunnugumti3281 all truth

[@skp8748]

Much of coastal east africa. 😂 Somali coastline is the majority of the coast

[@poorindiansanddogsarenotal1276]

They never ruled somali coast

[@shafsteryellow]

​@@poorindiansanddogsarenotal1276 that's my point. The omanis paid tribute to the somali sultantes

[@isaiahmwereru8833]

?? No it’s not

[@isaiahmwereru8833]

Tf bro

[@notitle9941]

Huh another darood making up fake history

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

I’m somali and as much as I respect our muslim brothers in oman. This is simply alternative history or otherwords FALSE in all sense of the word. Truth of the matter is there was never an “oman” conquest to the swahili coast. The truth of the matter is the somalis were already settled there and Islam was introduced. So arab merchants settled there as well. In a age of superstition the locals elected a group of the merchant arabs claiming to be descendants of the Prophet (pbuh) as leaders. The silk road ran along the eastern coast of Africa: from Djibouti to the swahili coast with Mogdishu being the hub. Naturally the arab emirs of zanzibar grew wealthy along with the somali merchants that operated the port cities. Until the Portuguese docked and chased them out. Defeat for the Portuguese didn’t come until Ahmed Gurey came along and declared jihad and chased them from one stronghold to another until they left the coast altogether while the rest were enslaved. I dont mean to be rude but oman wasn’t even a country until 1951 and before that much like the rest of the gulf; a bunch of small ragtag tribes scattered around the desert. It’s one thing to whitewash west african history but to do that in places where history is already documented is insane.

[@notitle9941]

What are you talking about Ahmed guray was in Somaliland modern day Ethiopia what does that have to do with the Swahili coast and he lost she the Portugal won the war in that area bro stop this muqadishu was a back words place and ruled by ajanabi we all know this stop crying inline and build back better bro

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

@@notitle9941 it’s people like you, ignorant and deprived of historical knowledge of the region that cant see outside of his tribal disputes that destroyed somalia. Nacala athi iyo hooyada ku yaal. Go read a book, as a matter of fact go read ibn battuta’s travels around the region in the 13th century if you want an insight on the region was like before the “omani conquest”. Ilahi ha ku ceebaye nacaladyahay.

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

@@notitle9941 it’s people like you, ignorant and deprived of historical knowledge of the region that cant see outside of his tribal disputes that destroyed somalia. Nacala athi iyo hooyada ku yaal. Go read a book, as a matter of fact go read ibn battuta’s travels around the region in the 13th century if you want an insight on the region was like before the “omani conquest”. Ilahi ha ku ceebaye nacaladyahay.

[@sadammohamedwehliye6262]

​@notitle9941 another uneducated big0t.and wait until you find out that whole of Eastern Ethiopia is somali lands/territories and adal empire was the djbouti somali territory to somalia to somali galbed(western somali).and t...f you mean "somaliland modern day ethiopia" when it became ethiopia territory.yall already toke and accepted what the colonisers give it to you to divide the somalis....

[@JackChit-pv3dj]

@@notitle9941somaliland? Ethiopia? I think you should learn your history

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

You can white the West African history but it's wild to do that in east Africa when it's documented for centuries. Stop the lie.

[@user-sk2sr2yr5l]

All lies and distorted the facts.

[@TingTong2568]

THIS IS THE FACT!