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Muscat and Oman

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1970) of (the Sultanate of) Oman

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One of the most recent notable land trades between states was Pakistan’s purchase of Gwadar, a port enclave in the country’s southwest, for $3 million from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in 1958.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Under the despotic reign of his father, Sultan Said bin Taimur, Muscat and Oman* as the country was known before Qabus shortened the name�was not far removed from the 15th century.

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The sultanate of Muscat and Oman commands, like an Arabian Gibraltar, the entry to the Persian Gulf.

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Total casualties among the forces of the British and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman since the counteroffensive began: one dead, three wounded, seven cases of heat prostration.

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At the request of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, he said.

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