Muscat and Oman
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- Columbia gaz. of the world, April 27, 2004(Oman, sultanate, SE Arabian peninsula, SE Arabian peninsula, on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea; capital: Muscat; formerly known as Muscat and Oman; anc. times known as Muzoon or Mugan; country is divided into 8 administrative regions)
- GEOnet, April 29, 2004(Oman, Sultanate of [Conventional]--PCLI, 21°00ʹN 57°00ʹE, variants: ʻUman, Salţanat, ʻUmān, Oman and Muscat, Sultanate of, Oman, Musqat and Oman, Sultanate of, Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of, Muscat, Masqaţ wa ʻUmān, Salţanat, Masqat wah Oman, Sultanat, Masqat and Oman)
The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Arabic: سلطنة مسقط وعمان, romanized: Salṭanat Masqaṭ wa-‘Umān), also known briefly as the State of Muscat and Oman (Arabic: دولة مسقط وعمان, romanized: Dawlat Masqaṭ wa-‘Umān) during the rule of Taimur bin Feisal, was a sovereign state that encompassed the present-day Sultanate of Oman and parts of present-day United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, in the second half of the 19th century and 20th century. Ruled by the Busaid dynasty, it was established as a result of the partition of the Omani Empire upon the death of its last ruler Said bin Sultan. The Sultanate transitioned into a new form of government after the palace coup of 23 July 1970 in which the sultan Said bin Taimur was immediately deposed in favor of his son Qaboos bin Said.
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