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Muscat is the Oman. It is also the ernment and largest Governorate o Muscacat metropolitan areproximate 580 sq mi a

six provinces calleKnown since the earlyCE as an important tbetween the west anMuscat was ruled bydigenous tribes as wepowers such as the Pthe Portuguese Empipoints in its history.military power in thtury, Muscat's inuenas ar as East Arica an

As an important portGul o Oman, Muscoreign tradesmen asuch as the Persians,

and Gujarat

Places of Interest

Grand Mosque

Te Saint Peter Catholic Church

Bait al Zubair

Museum o Omani Heritage

Mirani Fort

Te Old Palace

Al Alam Palace

Qantab Beach

Corniche

Royal Opera House

Experience MagicalMuscat

Ministry o ourism

P.O. Box 200, P. C. 115Madinat Al-Sultan QaboosMuscat, Sultanate o Oman

Call Centre: +968 80077799Phone: +968 24588700

Fax: +968 24588880


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GeographyTe rocky Western Al Hajar Moun-tains dominate the landscape oMuscat. Te city lies on the Ara-bian Sea along the Gul o Omanand is in the proximity o the stra-tegic Straits o Hormuz. Low-ly-

ing white buildings typiy most oMuscat's urban landscape, whilethe port-district o Muttrah, withits corniche and harbour, orm thenorth-eastern periphery o the city.Te ropic o Cancer passes southo the area. It is bordered to its westby the plains o the Al Batinah Re-gion and to its east by Ash Shar-qiyah Region. Te interior plainso the Ad Dakhiliyah Region bor-der Muscat to the south, while the

Gul o Oman orms the northernand western periphery o the city.Te water along to coast o Mus-cat runs deep, orming two naturalharbours, in Muttrah and Muscat.

HistoryEvidence o communal activity inthe area around Muscat dates backto the 6th millennium BCE in Rasal-Hamra, where burial sites ofshermen have been ound. Southo Muscat, remnants o Harap-pan pottery indicate some level ocontact with the Indus Valley Ci-vilisation. Muscat's notability as a

port was acknowledged as early asthe 1st century CE by Greek ge-ographers Ptolemy, who reerredto it as Cryptus Portus. Te portell to a Sassanid invasion in the3rd century CE, under the rule oShapur I. Muscat's importance asa trading port continued to growin the centuries that ollowed, un-der the inuence o the Azd dy-nasty, a local tribe. Te establish-

ment o the First Imamate in the9th century CE was the frst stepin consolidating disparate Omani

tribal actions under the banner oan Ibadi state.

Te Portuguese conqueror AonsoAlbuquerque attacked Muscat inJuly, 1507. A bloody battle ensuedbetween the Portuguese and orc-es loyal to the Persian governoro the city. Te Portuguese main-tained a hold on Muscat or over

a century, despite challenges romPersia and a bombardment o thetown by the urks in 1546. Teurks twice captured Muscat romthe Portuguese. A civil war and re-peated incursions by the Persianking Nadir Shah in the 18th cen-tury destabilised the region, andurther strained relations betweenthe interior and Muscat. Tispower vacuum in Oman led to theemergence o the Al Said dynasty,which has ruled Oman ever since.

PeopleTe ethnic makeup ohistorically been inpeople not native to Peninsula. British Papapers dating back tcentury indicate the

a signifcant Hindu Gchants in the city. Chthought to have been

by the Portuguese

Like the rest o Omathe predominant langcity. In addition, EnglSwahili and South Ases such as Hindi, Gujaalam, amil and Urduby the residents o M

is the predominant recity, with most ollo

Ibadi Muslim

Corniche Paranoma

Grand Mosque

Mirani Fort

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