{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Omani Empire",
  "now": "oman",
  "years": "1696–1856",
  "id": "omani-empire",
  "index": "c/oman:1696",
  "title": "Banner of the Omani Empire",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Imam's field."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#ce1126",
      "note": "Shamshir (curved sword) and Qur'anic inscription."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Omani Empire (1696–1856) was an Indian Ocean thalassocracy based in Muscat and (from 1832) Zanzibar; at its peak it ruled the Swahili coast, Socotra, and parts of Persia and Balochistan\n - **Construction:** a white field with a red **shamshir** (curved sabre) above the Qur'anic inscription \"نَصْرٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ\" (\"Victory from God and a near opening\", Qur'an 61:13)\n - A plain red ensign was used at sea by Omani merchant fleets; this is the Imam's ceremonial banner",
  "flag": "empires/omani-empire.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Omani Empire",
    "officialName": "Imamate and Sultanate of Oman",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Capital moved from Muscat to Zanzibar under Said bin Sultan, reflecting the empire's African commercial centre of gravity\n - After Said's death in 1856 the empire split between his sons — one taking Oman, the other Zanzibar\n - Modern Oman's flag added the red pale with the national emblem — a direct continuation of this heritage",
  "_name": "Omani Empire",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "omani-empire"
}