Unfortunately, the sultanate's premier religious authority, the caliph of Baghdad, still objected to having a woman rule.

不幸的是，苏丹领土的首要宗教掌权者巴格达的哈里发，仍拒绝让一个女人掌权。

In the past few years, however, it has undergone a revival, thanks to funds from the sultanate of Oman, whose still-reigning al-Busaidi dynasty once ruled much of the east African coast.

然而，在过去的几年里，由于阿曼苏丹国的资助， 它经历了一次复兴，阿曼苏丹国仍然统治着布赛迪王朝， 它曾经统治着东非海岸的大部分地区。

From around 1700 until the British arrived in the late 19th century, the sultanate of Oman ruled a coastal strip that stretched down to include Zanzibar (which is now part of Tanzania).

从大约 1700 年到 19 世纪末英国人抵达，阿曼苏丹国统治着一个沿海地带， 一直延伸到桑给巴尔（现在是坦桑尼亚的一部分）。