The Forgotten Imamate: Oman's Civil War of 1913-1920

In the early 20th century, as the Omani Empire was fading, a renewed Imamate movement rose against the Sultan in Muscat. This episode explores the revolt led by Imam Salim al-Kharusi, the 1913 tribal uprising that captured Nizwa, and the climactic Battle of Al-Hamra in 1915. We discuss the role of Ibadi revivalism, British intervention through the Political Agent in Muscat, and the Treaty of Seeb in 1920 that temporarily partitioned Oman into coastal and interior zones. The episode sheds light on a forgotten civil war that shaped modern Oman's political geography and the simmering tensions between the interior Imamate and the coastal Sultanate. #Imamate #Ibadi #SalimAlKharusi #BattleOfAlHamra #TreatyOfSeeb #Nizwa #Muscat #BritishEmpire #Oman #History #MiddleEastHistory #CivilWar #1913 #1920 #OmaniInterior #FexingoHistory #ColonialHistory #PerisanGulf Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo