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Oman: Heads of State: 1749-2024

Ruling House: Āl Bū Saʿīd
Imām al-Muslimīn
10 Jun 1749 - 14 Dec 1783 Abū Hilāl Aḥmad bin Saʿīd Āl Bū Saʿīd
14 Dec 1783 - between 1790 and 1821 Saʿīd bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Saʿīd
Ḥāmi, Sayyid [1]
? ? 1792 - 14 Nov 1804 Sayyid Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Saʿīd
20 Nov 1804 - 14 Sep 1806 Sayyid Sālim bin Sultān Āl Bū Saʿīd
20 Nov 1804 - 19 Oct 1856 Sayyid Saʿīd bin Sultān Āl Bū Saʿīd
? Nov 1856 - 2 Apr 1861 Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd
Ḥāmi, Sayyid, Sulṭān Masqaṭ [2]
2 Apr 1861 - 11 Feb 1866 Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd 
11 Feb 1866 - 12 Oct 1868 Sayyid Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Saʿīd
Imām al-Muslimīn
3 Oct 1868 - 30 Jan 1871 Sayyid ʿAzzān bin Qays Āl Bū Saʿīd
Ḥāmi, Sayyid, Sulṭān Masqaṭ wa ʿUmān [3]
30 Jan 1871 - 4 Jun 1888 Sayyid Turkī bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd
4 Jun 1888 - 4 Oct 1913 Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Saʿīd [4]
9 Oct 1913 - 10 Feb 1932 Sayyid Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Saʿīd [4]
10 Feb 1932 - 23 Jul 1970 Sayyid Saʿīd bin Taymūr Āl Saʿīd [4]
23 Jul 1970 - 9 Aug 1970 Sayyid Qābūs bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd
Sulṭān ʿUmān
9 Aug 1970 - 10 Jan 2020 Sayyid Qābūs bin Saʿīd Āl Saʿīd 
11 Jan 2020 - Sayyid Hayṯam bin Ṭāriq Āl Saʿīd

[1] The style Ḥāmi (Protector) is peculiar to the rulers of this house; in international relations the style Sulṭān Masqaṭ begins to be used.
[2] The style Sulṭān Masqaṭ is used only in interantional relations, interchageably with Imām Masqaṭ.
[3] The style Sultān Masqaṭ wa ʿUmān comes into official use; in occasional official use (e.g., on coins): Imām Masqaṭ wa ʿUmān, Sulṭān ʿUmān
[4] Imām al-Muslimīn
  24 May 1913 - 23 Jul 1920 Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī
  30 Jul 1920 - ? May 1954 Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Khalīlī al-Kharūṣī
  3 May 1954 - 17 Dec 1955 Ghālib bin ʿAlī al-Hināʾī
  ? Jul 1957 - 11 Aug 1957 Ghālib bin ʿAlī al-Hināʾī