Hi, I was wondering if anyone could explain to me the main Political powers in the Arabian peninsula 1900, I understand that the British empire had the colony of Aden and dominated the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait but I'm more interested on the tribes in Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Who was the major tribes and powers in each country and how much territory did each own etc,
Saudi Arabia
Well, Saudi Arabia of course didn't exist in 1900, but assuming you mean the lands that Saudi Arabia now occupies:
Specifically the year 1900 was kind of an odd one in the history of that territory, in that it was after the final push to end the Second Saudi State in 1891 but before the rise of Ibn Saud to reconquer their territory, starting with the recapture of Riyadh in 1902. So ostensibly most of the Nejd was controlled by the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, with its capital in Ha'il, under the leadership of the Al Rashid.
I think as shown by the rapid collapse of this state though it's difficult to say that were anything but a very weak placeholder power before the Al Saud reasserted control.
The Hejaz (i.e. the western coast of Arabia) was under Ottoman suzerainty via their appointment of the Sherif of Mecca from among the Hashemites. I'm more familiar with the machinations of a few years later that resulted in Sherif Hussein coming to power in 1908, but the Ottomans kept a very tight leash on the Hashemites indeed with much of the family essentially kept confined to Constantinople. Hussein, for instance, was born in Constantinople and spent much of his life there until his appointment to the Sherifate in 1908.
There was also a direct Ottoman presence in the Hejaz in the form of a military garrison at Medina which would play a prominent role in the Arab revolt. (Incidentally, the garrison would hold out until 1919.)
The Hejaz railway project, started in 1900, was likewise part of an effort to exert more central control and linkages with the Ottoman periphery.
Oman
I'm afraid I'm much less familiar with Oman than with other parts of Arabia at this time. The British established a protectorate over Oman in 1891 with their Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Navigation but I'm unfamiliar with the contents or extent of that treaty.
In terms of internal power relationships within Oman, the Al Said dynasty have been rulers in Muscat since the 18th century, but their power was dependent on the coast and their links with the Swahili coast and Zanzibar, which they still ruled.
The incredibly isolated interior was the domain of the tibes and the Ibadi imamate. Although their authority as Sultans originated as having been chosen as Ibadi Imams, the Al Said had effectively ceased to use the title by this time.
While the hegemony of the Sultans in Muscat wasn't really in question in the 19th century the power of these other groups in the interior would rear up over the course of the 20th century, perhaps most prominently in the Dhofar Rebellion which, as a result of a British-backed coup, would eventually bring the present Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos, to power. The last of the Ibadi Imams was forced to abdicate in 1955 and the title is unoccupied.
Yemen
As with Oman, my knowledge here is limited. North Yemen, the area outside of British control was formally an Ottoman province. By 1900 however the Zaydi Imams were exerting significant pressures towards autonomy, resulting in a number of revolts. After WWI this independence would be formalized with the creation of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.
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