1692

1692 : Saif bin Sultan was the fourth of the Yaruba dynasty Imams of Oman. He ruled from 1692 to 1711, during which Omani presence became firmly established on the coast of East Africa. Saif bin Sultan invested in improving agriculture, building aflaj in many parts of the interior to provide water, and planting date palms in the Al Batinah Region to encourage Arabs to move from the interior and settle along the coast. The expansion of Omani power included the first large-scale settlement of Zanzibar by Omani migrants.Saif bin Sultan died on 4 October 1711.He was succeeded by his son Sultan bin Saif II.