Timeline of Muscat
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Muscat, Oman.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 550 BCE - Achaemenids in power (approximate date).[1]
- 100s CE - Migration of Arab tribes from Yemen.[1]
- 300s CE - Arab tribes expelled the Sassanians.[1]
- 633 CE - Regional Islamization.[1]
- 696 CE - Umayyad army attempting to seize Muscat was defeated.[2]
- 865 CE - Flood destroy a portion of the city.[2]
- 1507 - City taken by Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque.[1]
- 1522 - Uprising against Portuguese rule.[1]
- 1546 - City bombarded by Ottoman ships without landing.[1]
- 1552 - Capture of Muscat (1552) by Ottoman forces under Piri Reis for a brief period.[2]
- 1581 - City pillaged by Ottomans under command of Piri Reis before withdrawing.[2]
- 1586-1588 - Fort al-Jalali and Fort al-Mirani completed.[2][3]
- 1624 - Construction begins of "earthen land wall" around city.[2]
- 1640 - City attacked by forces of Nasir bin Murshid.[2]
- 1648 - City besieged by Nasir ibn Murshid but Portuguese sued for peace.[2]
- 1650 - City taken by forces of Sultan bin Saif; Portuguese ousted.[2][4]
- 1670 - Dutch East India Company factory established.[1]
- 1738 - Muscat occupied by forces of Muhammad Taqi Khan of Fars.[5]
- 1740s - Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi in power.[6][7]
- 1792 - Albusaidi monarch Hamad ibn Said relocates the capital of Oman from Rustaq to Muscat.[1]
- 1800 - British representative of the British East India Company takes residence in Muscat.[2]
- 1806 - Said bin Sultan in power.[8]
- 1832 - Capital of the Omani empire relocated from Muscat to colonial Zanzibar by Said bin Sultan.[9]
- 1845 - Bait al-Falaj Fort built.[10]
- 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.[2]
- 1890 - Cyclonic storm flooding kills 700 people.[2]
- 1893 - Hospital established.[1]
- 1894 - French consulate established.[2]
- 1899 - Bubonic plague strikes at Muscat.[2]
20th century
- 1928 - Al-Sa'idiyah School established.[2]
- 1929 - Vehicular road into city built "by the hacking out of a one-lane track through the mountains."[3]
- 1932 - Said bin Taimur becomes sultan.[1]
- 1939 - Municipal council established.[11]
- 1943 - Bombing of ship in harbor by Japanese forces.[1]
- 1948 - British Bank of the Middle East branch in business.[2]
- 1949 - Municipal Law for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman issued.[11]
- 1951 - Indian consulate established.[2]
- 1952 - Population: 4,200 in town (approximate estimate).[12]
- 1960 - Population: 5,080 in town; 6,208 urban agglomeration (approximate estimate).[13]
- 1962 - Muttrah-Muscat road paved.[2]
- 1963 - Slavery abolished.[1]
- 1967 - Petroleum Development Oman headquartered in Muscat.
- 1968 - Electric power plant commissioned in Riyam.[2]
- 1970 - Qaboos bin Said al Said in power.[1]
- 1972
- June: Muttrah and Muscat merge to form the Muscat Municipality.[11]
- Al Alam Palace built.
- 1973
- Seeb Airport opens.
- British School – Muscat established.
- 1974
- Port Sultan Qaboos built in Muttrah.[3]
- Museum of Omani Heritage opens.
- 1975
- Office of municipality president established.[11]
- Times of Oman newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1981
- Oman Daily Observer newspaper begins publication.[14]
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor[15] and Ministry of Petroleum[15] built.
- 1984 - Muscat Governorate established.[11]
- 1985
- Gulf Cooperation Council meets in Muscat.[2][16]
- Al-Bustan Palace Hotel in business.[2]
- Oman Natural History Museum opens.[10]
- 1986 - Sultan Qaboos University opens.[14]
- 1987 - Royal Hospital built.[15]
- 1988
- Muscat Securities Market established.
- Alwatan newspaper in publication.[17]
- French embassy built.[15]
- 1990 - Oman Children's Museum established.
- 1992 - Omani French Museum established.
- 1993
- 1995 - Oman Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre established.
- 1996 - National Hospitality Institute headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1998 - Bait al Zubair museum opens.
21st century
- 2001
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque built.
- Muscat Gate Museum opens.
- Population: 685,676 in governorate.[14]
- 2006 - Bait Al Baranda (house museum) opened.[1][2]
- 2010 - Al-Musannah Sports City opened.[18]
- 2011
- Royal Opera House Muscat opened in Shati Al-Qurm.
- 2012 - Muscat Expressway built.[3]
- 2013 - Fish souk rebuilt.[3]
- 2018
- 2020
- in January 2020, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said became the new successor of Oman after the sad demise of the then His Majesty Sultan Qaboos.
- NOC (No Objection Certificate) abolished amidst COVID-19.
See also
- Muscat history
- List of cities in Oman (also by population, in German)
- Old Muscat
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Turner 2008.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 Peterson 2007.
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Bibliography
- Published in 18th-19th centuries
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External links
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- Map of Muscat, 1985
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- Europeana. Items related to Muscat, various dates.
