Editing Oman (section)

===Nabhani dynasty===
{{further|Nabhani dynasty}}
During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Omani coast was in the sphere of influence of the [[Seljuk Empire]]. They were expelled in 1154, when the Nabhani dynasty came to power.<ref name=OBG>Uzi Rabi. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3rgOk3d8hhoC&pg=PA6 Emergence of States in a Tribal Society: Oman Under Sa'Id Bin Taymur.] Emergence of States in a Tribal Society: Oman Under Sa'Id Bin Taymur.</ref> The Nabhanis ruled as ''muluk'', or kings, while the Imams were reduced to largely symbolic significance. The capital of the dynasty was [[Bahla]].<ref name=RAN>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UtSAeuMq-VgC&pg=PA24|title=Emergence of States in a Tribal Society: Oman Under Sa'Id Bin Taymur, 1932–1970|first=Uzi|last=Rabi|date=11 March 2011|publisher=Apollo Books|isbn=9781845194734|via=Google Books}}</ref> The Banu Nabhan controlled the trade in frankincense on the overland route via [[Sohar]] to the [[Yabrin]] oasis, and then north to Bahrain, Baghdad and Damascus.<ref name=NABH>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNXdeDu6h9gC&pg=PA78|title=Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts|first=Gary Paul|last=Nabhan|date=11 March 2008|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=9780816526581|via=Google Books}}</ref> The mango-tree was introduced to Oman during the time of Nabhani dynasty, by ElFellah bin Muhsin.<ref name=MIIDN>Salîl-ibn-Razîk. [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023697835.0x000037 British National Archive: History of the imâms and seyyids of Omân ''(54/612)''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708223932/http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023697835.0x000037 |date=8 July 2022 }} History of the imâms and seyyids of Omân. British National Archive. Page 54. QDL.</ref><ref name=MIIDN1>Salîl-ibn-Razîk. [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023697836.0x000003 British National Archive: History of the imâms and seyyids of Omân ''(202/612)''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308174935/https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023697836.0x000003 |date=8 March 2021 }} History of the imâms and seyyids of Omân. British National Archive. Page 202. QDL.</ref> The Nabhani dynasty started to deteriorate in 1507 when Portuguese colonisers captured the coastal city of [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], and gradually extended their control along the coast up to [[Sohar]] in the north and down to [[Sur, Oman|Sur]] in the southeast.<ref name=THIMAS>Gavin Thomas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qKAtjJoXXpwC&pg=PA222 The Rough Guide to Oman .] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211035637/https://books.google.com/books?id=qKAtjJoXXpwC&pg=PA222 |date=11 February 2023 }} The Rough Guide to Oman.</ref> Other historians argue that the Nabhani dynasty ended earlier in 1435 CE when conflicts between the dynasty and Alhinawis arose, which led to the restoration of the elective Imamate.<ref name=MIIDN/>