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Saif bin Sultan
Saif bin Sultan was imam of Oman from 1692 to 1711, the most powerful ruler of the Ya'aruba dynasty. He built up a strong navy, and in 1698 his forces took Fort Jesus at Mombasa from the Portuguese after a long siege, extending Omani influence along the East African coast. At home he invested in falaj irrigation channels and date plantations, and he was buried at Rustaq.
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