Timeline of Muscat
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Muscat, Oman.
Prior to 20th century
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- 550 BCE - Achaemenids in power (approximate date).[1]
- 4th century CE - Yemeni Arabs in power.[1]
- 633 CE - Regional Islamization.[1]
- 1507 - City taken by Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque.[1]
- 1522 - Uprising against Portuguese rule.[1]
- 1552 - Capture of Muscat (1552) by Ottoman forces.[2]
- 1581 - City sacked by Ottmans.[2]
- 1586-1588 - Fort São João and Fort Capitan built.[2][3]
- 1624 - Construction begins of "earthen land wall" around city.[2]
- 1640 - City attacked by forces of Nasir bin Murshid.[2]
- 1648 - City occupied by Persians.[4]
- 1650 - City taken by forces of Sultan bin Saif; Portuguese ousted.[5][2]
- 1670 - Dutch East India Company factory established.[1]
- 1740s - Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi in power.[7][8]
- 1780s - Al Bu Sa'id capital relocated to Muscat by Hamad bin Said.[1]
- 1798 - British East India Company active (approximate date).
- 1806 - Said bin Sultan in power.[9]
- 1820 - Muscat becomes capital of the newly formed Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
- 1832 - Capital of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman relocated from Muscat to colonial Zanzibar by Said bin Sultan.[10]
- 1845 - Bait al-Falaj Fort built.[11]
- 1856 - Thuwaini bin Said becomes sultan.
- 1890 - "Cyclonic storm;" flooding.[2]
- 1893 - Hospital established.[1]
- 1894 - French consulate established.[2]
- 1895 - City besieged.[1]
20th century
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- 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.[12]
- 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.[12]
- 1951 - Indian consulate established.[2]
- 1952 - Population: 4,200 in town (approximate estimate).[4]
- 1963 - Slavery abolished.[1]
- 1967 - Petroleum Development Oman headquartered in Muscat.
- 1970 - Qaboos bin Said al Said in power.[1]
- 1972
- June: Muttrah and Muscat merge to form the Muscat Municipality.[12]
- 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.[12]
- Times of Oman newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1981
- Oman Daily Observer newspaper begins publication.[13]
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor[14] and Ministry of Petroleum[14] built.
- 1984 - Muscat Governorate established.[12]
- 1985
- Gulf Cooperation Council meets in Muscat.[2][15]
- Al-Bustan Palace Hotel in business.[2]
- Oman Natural History Museum opens.[11]
- 1986 - Sultan Qaboos University opens.[13]
- 1987 - Royal Hospital built.[14]
- 1988
- Muscat Securities Market established.
- Alwatan newspaper in publication.[16]
- French embassy built.[14]
- 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
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- 2001
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque built.
- Muscat Gate Museum opens.
- Population: 685,676 in governorate.[13]
- 2003 - Chedi Hotel in business.[14]
- 2010 - Al-Musannah Sports City opens.[17]
- 2011
- Protest in ar
- Royal Opera House Muscat opens in Shati Al-Qurm.
- 2012 - Muscat Expressway built.[3]
- 2013 - Fish souk rebuilt.[3]
See also
- Muscat history
- List of cities in Oman (also by population, in German)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Angie Turner (2008), "Muscat", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (eds.), Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 262-264
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p J.E. Peterson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Muscat. Brill. p. 117+. ISBN 90-04-15266-0.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Muscat". Oman (3rd ed.). Bradt Travel Guides. 2013. p. 71+. ISBN 978-1-84162-471-6.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1268, OL 6112221M
- ^ BBC News. "Oman Profile: Timeline". Retrieved April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Muscat". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 417–419.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Oman". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Willem Floor. "Sea of Oman". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University, Center for Iranian Studies. Retrieved April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
- ^ Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Muscat". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. p. 529. ISBN 1884964036.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Mascate". Oman (in French). Petit Futé. 2007. p. 81+. ISBN 2-7469-1641-X.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "About the Municipality: Brief History". Muscat Municipality. Retrieved April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Oman". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f (Muscat, Oman), ArchNet, retrieved April 2015
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "GCC Most Prominent Decisions (timeline)" (PDF). Qatar News Agency. Retrieved April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "About Us". Alwatan.com. Retrieved April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Oman 2010. The Report. London: Oxford Business Group. 2010. ISBN 978-1-907065-13-2.
Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th century
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- Carsten Niebuhr (1792). "Of the Province of Oman". Travels through Arabia. Translated by Robert Heron. Edinburgh: R. Morison and Son.
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- William Milburn (1813), "Muscat", Oriental Commerce: containing a geographical description of the principal places in the East Indies, China, and Japan, London: Black, Parry & Co., OCLC 6856418
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- Abraham Rees (1819), "Mascat", The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
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- James Horsburgh (1852). "Arabia, N.E. Coast: Muscat". India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America (6th ed.). London: William H. Allen & Co. – via Google Books.
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- Grattan Geary (1878), "Muscat", Through Asiatic Turkey, London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, OCLC 4918876
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- Edward Balfour (1885), "Muscat", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch
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- Published in the 20th century
- "Muscat", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
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- John Gordon Lorimer (1908). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Calcutta. pp. 1364–1425 – via Hathi Trust.
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- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Muscat", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
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- de (1990). Muscat, Sultanat Oman: geographische Skizze einer einmaligen arabischen Stadt (in German). Berlin: de. ISBN 978-3-923446-58-2.
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- Abdelhamid Mahmoud Hussein Nasr (1997). Musqat asimat Oman (in Arabic). Irbid.
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- Published in the 21st century
- J.E. Peterson (2014). "Muscat as a Port City". In Lawrence G. Potter (ed.). The Persian Gulf in Modern Times: People, Ports, and History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 153+. ISBN 978-1-137-48577-9.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Muscat, Oman.
- Map of Muscat, 1985
- "(Muscat)". Qatar Digital Library. Qatar National Library.
- Europeana. Items related to Muscat, various dates.
