The Treaty of Seeb, or Treaty of As Sib was an agreement reached between Sultan Taimur bin Feisal (1886-1965) of Muscat and the Imam of Oman in 1920. It gave autonomy to the Imamate of Oman regarding the interior regions of the Muscat and Oman Protectorate, while the sultan would retain sovereignty over the remainder of the country. The treaty was named after As Sib, a coastal town in present-day Oman. His Highness al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki (1886 – 1965) (Arabic: تيمور بن Ùيصل بن تركي) was the sultan of Muscat and Oman from October 15, 1913 to February 10, 1932. ... Classification City Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said Area 3,500 km² [1] Population - Total (2005) - Density - Oman calculated rank 646,024 [2] 184. ... Oman proper (Arabic: ‎ []) refers a historical area within the present-day Sultanate of Oman. ... Muscat and Oman was a country that encompassed the present day Sultanate of Oman and parts of the United Arab Emirates(UAE). ...
Prior to the treaty, Salim ibn Rashid al-Kharusi instigated an anti-Muscat rebellion among the conservative Ibadhi sects in the interior mountainous areas of Oman and founded the Islamic Imamate of Oman in opposition to Muscat. With British assistance, the Treaty of As Sib went into effect in 1920. The capital of the Imamate was created in the town of Nizwa. Al-Ibadhiyah is a form of Islam distinct from the Shiite and Sunni sects. ... Nizwa (نزوى in Arabic) was the capital city of Oman proper. ...
Relationships between Muscat and Oman were relatively peaceful until 1954 when rebellion was ignited by Imam Ghalib Bin Ali. This was in reaction to Sultan Said bin Taimur's (1910-1972) attempts to expand his authority into the interior. The sultan tore up the Treaty of As Sib and eliminated the office of the Imam. In the early 1960s the imam was forced into exile in Saudi Arabia. Said Bin Taimur (1910-1972) was the sultan of Muscat and Oman (the country later renamed to Oman) from 1932 to 1970. ...
Their traditional association was confirmed in 1951 through a new treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation by which the United Kingdom recognized the Sultanate of Oman as a fully independent state.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the sultan in Muscat faced rebellion by members of the Ibadhi sect residing in the interior of Oman, centered around the town of Nizwa[?], who wanted to be ruled exclusively by their religious leader, the Imam of Oman.
This conflict was resolved temporarily by the Treaty of Seeb[?], which granted the imam autonomous rule in the interior, while recognising the nominal sovereignty of the sultan elsewhere.
Their traditional association was confirmed in 1951 through a new treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation by which the United Kingdom recognized the Sultanate of Oman as a fully independent state.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the sultan in Muscat faced rebellion by members of the Ibadhi sect residing in the interior of Oman, centered around the town of Nizwa, who wanted to be ruled exclusively by their religious leader, the Imam of Oman.
This conflict was resolved temporarily by the Treaty of Seeb, which granted the imam autonomous rule in the interior, while recognising the nominal sovereignty of the sultan elsewhere.
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