Oman(Arabic:عمان ʻUmān),officiallycalledtheSultanateofOman(Arabic:سلطنةعُمانSalṭanat ʻUmān),isanArabstateinsouthwestAsiaonthesoutheastcoastoftheArabianPeninsula.IthasastrategicallyimportantpositionatthemouthofthePersianGulf.ItisborderedbytheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE)tothenorthwest,SaudiArabiatothewest,andYementothesouthwestandalsosharesamarineborderwithIran.ThecoastisformedbytheArabianSeaonthesoutheastandtheGulfofOmanonthenortheast.TheMadhaandMusandamenclavesaresurroundedbytheUAEontheirlandborders,withtheStraitofHormuzandGulfofOmanformingMusandam'scoastalboundaries.Fromthe17thcentury,Omanhaditsownempire,andviedwithPortugalandBritainforinfluenceinthePersianGulfandIndianOcean.Atitspeakinthe19thcentury,OmaniinfluenceorcontrolextendedacrosstheStraitofHormuztoIran,andmoderndayPakistan,andasfarsouthasZanzibar.Asitspowerdec
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