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    Slavery existed in the area which was later to become Oman from antiquity until the 1970s. Oman was united with Zanzibar from the 1690s until 1856, and...
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    Emily Ruete (category Tanzanian people of Omani descent)
    February 1924), born in Zanzibar as Sayyida Salama bint Said (Arabic: سالمة بنت سعيد), also called Salmé, was a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She was...
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    anthem of the Sultanate of Oman. It is an ode originally dedicated to Qaboos bin Said (1940–2020), the former Sultan of Oman. "as-Salâm as-Solṭâni" was...
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    one or two Latin letters. The term distinguishing mark was adopted by the 1924 International Convention Relative to Motor Traffic signed in Paris, which...
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    Southern Provinces Omani Empire (1652–1892) Yaruba dynasty (1624–1742) Sultanate of Muscat (1652–1820)  Sultanate of Zanzibar (taken by Oman in 1698, became...
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    41241) in Oman on 17 June 2017. Highest minimum temperature for a 24-hour period and for a calendar day: 42.6 °C (108.7 °F) at Qurayyat, Oman on 25 June...
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  • Roger Faulques (category 1924 births)
    Roger Louis Faulques (14 December 1924 – 6 November 2011) a.k.a. René Faulques, was a French Army Colonel, a graduate of the École spéciale militaire de...
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    region stretching from northern Asir in Saudi Arabia to Dhufar in southern Oman. This region is called Greater Yemen. It is claimed that Yemen is derived...
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    presidential term. In Oman, the Jebel Akhdar War between the rebels in the interior of Oman against the British-backed Sultanate of Oman prompted Nasser to...
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