Royal house surname House of Al Busaid estate Sultanate of Oman coat of arms Image Standard of the Sultan of Oman.png 150px country Sultanate of Oman titles Sultan founder Ahmed bin Said final ruler current head Qaboos Qaboos bin Said founding year 1744 deposition nationality Arab Arabian Peninsula Peninsular Origins The tribe traces its roots to a band of Al Azd , through patrilineal ancestor al Atik b. al Asad b. Imran that settled in Dibba Dab , north of Sohar which was once the capital of Oman , and came to be known as the Azd of Daba . Like other Qahtanite Qahtani , the Azd originally hailed from Yemen and migrated north after the destruction of the Marib Dam . Archeological evidence points to the Sasanid era, around the third or fourth century AD, a period of admittedly weak Persian rule. Their ascendancy to positions of power was in tandem with special relationships established with Persian rulers, who recognized the Azdites as The kings of the Arabs citation needed date April 2012 , as seen in a number of inscriptions from the sixth century CE. The head of the Azd confederation was given the title of Buland Perso Arabic , a Sasanid appellation derived from the Middle Persian word for eminence and stature, later Arabized in the form of Al Juland Arabic to identify the early rulers of Oman. With the arrival of Islam, the Sasanians in Oman conflicted with the Azd kings, the balance in this conflict swung in favour of the Arabs when they were joined by Muslim forces sent by the Prophet Muhammad from al Mad na and in the resulting military campaigns the Sasanian citadels were overwhelmed and their forces expelled by 630 AD. With the rise of Islam, the Azd established themselves into a leading force in the ensuing Muslim conquests and later in the realms of the Umayyad Caliphate through the celebrated general Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah Abu Said the Conqueror of the Kharejites and progenitor of the Al Busaid tribe. Significantly, it is with the Az ... more details
before the Qahtanite Qahtani Yemeni tribe of Jurhum adopted Ishmael Ismail and 80 generations before ... title ref The Horn of Africa s first Semitic nation, D mt , was a Yemeni settlement. The Qahtanite ... more details
See also List of countries spanning more than one continent The following is a list of historical instances of nations covering land on two or more continents, including islands associated with a continent other than the one where the nation was based. The examples below are listed in chronological order of transcontinental occurrence with the number of continents covered in parentheses and the nation s primary continent listed first. When available, at least one map or text link is included. When a timespan is included, it is the time period in which the example was transcontinental. All currently transcontinental countries are included in the parent article. Pre colonial empires straddling at least two continents Ancient Egypt ian Empire 3 Africa, Asia ref http www.lib.utexas.edu maps historical shepherd mycenean greece orient.jpg ref , Europe at its peak ref cite web url http www.reshafim.org.il ad egypt timelines culture6.htm title The beginning of the New Kingdom The 18th Dynasty publisher Reshafim.org.il date accessdate 2010 03 16 ref Hyksos Empire 2 Asia, Africa circa 1648 1540 BC ref cite web url http www.reshafim.org.il ad egypt history12 17.htm hyksos title Egyptian History Dynasties 12 to 17 The Middle Kingdom and the rule of the Hyksos publisher Reshafim.org.il date accessdate 2010 03 16 ref Qahtanite Qahtani Empire 2 Asia, Africa ref name thearabhistory cite web url http thearabhistory.com qahtan title thearabhistory.com publisher thearabhistory.com date accessdate 2010 03 16 ref Kingdom of Kush Kush ite Empire 2 Africa, Asia occupied portions of Edom and Kingdom of Judah Judah circa 901 BC ref cite web url http www.biblegateway.com passage ?search 2 20Chronicles 2014 2 15 &version 31 title 2 Chronicles 14 2 15 Passage Lookup New International Version publisher BibleGateway.com date accessdate 2010 03 16 ref Sabaeans Sabaean Empire 2 Asia, Africa ref http www.yementimes.com article.shtml?i 765&p culture&a 1 ref Cimmerians Cimmerian Empire 2 Europe, ... more details
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