Treaty of Seeb
Seeb, Muscat Governorate, Oman
What happened
The Sultanate of Muscat under Sultan Taimur bin Feisal and the Imamate of Oman, represented by Shaikh Isa bin Salah, agreed peace with a British agent as go-between. The coastal Sultanate and the Imamate in the mountainous interior had been in conflict since 1913. At Seeb they agreed that the Sultan ruled the coast, while the Imamate governed itself in the interior. Both sides promised free trade and travel.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It ended the 1913–1920 rebellion and restored the Imamate, with its capital at Nizwa. It split Oman into coast and interior, divided by the Hajar Mountains.
What came next
Relations stayed peaceful until the 1950s, when conflict led to the Jebel Akhdar War. With British help the Sultan defeated the Imamate's forces by 1959.
Timeline
- 1913Rebellion against the Sultan begins.
- 25 September 1920The Treaty of Seeb.
- 1954Jebel Akhdar War begins.
- 1959The war ends.