Muscat and Oman
Britishnoun
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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
So hot was it in Muscat and Oman that their swords melted in the scabbards and gazelles fell down, roasted in the desert.
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At the request of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, he said.
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Muscat and Oman had only six miles of paved roadway, and the Sultan's red 1955 Chrysler Imperial rusted in the palace courtyard for lack of any place to go.
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Backward Yemen claims all of the Aden Protectorate, whose border is disputed in turn by Saudi Arabia, which has claims on Muscat and Oman as well.
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