The Omani Sultanate, a "major maritime force from the 17th to 19th centuries", shifted its seat of power from Muscat to Zanzibar in 1840.
Masarautar Omani "babbar masarautar da ke bakin teku daga ƙarni na 17 zuwa na 19" ta canja matsuguninta daga Muscat zuwa Zanzibar a shekarar 1840.