Muscat, Also Masqat

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CityAlso Masqat

Muscatمسقط

Oman's port, base of a sea empire that drove out the Portuguese and ruled Zanzibar.

Oman accepted Islam by letter from the Prophet ﷺ, sent to its kings Jayfar and Abd. In 1650 the Omanis drove the Portuguese from Muscat and built a sea empire reaching Zanzibar and the Swahili coast.

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