Omanis (Arabic: الشعب العماني) are the nationals of Sultanate of Oman, located in the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

In the eighteenth century, an alliance of traders and rulers transformed Muscat (Oman's capital) into the leading port of the Persian Gulf.

Over one and a half million other Omanis live in other areas of the Middle East and the Swahili Coast.

[17] Soon after the revolution, many Omanis fled Zanzibar to avoid persecution and returned to their ancestral homeland in Oman, but others chose to remain on the Swahili Coast.

[18] Around 20% of Omanis are of Baloch descent whose ancestors migrated to Oman centuries ago, and are now considered native.