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Muscat
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Capital of Oman, in Eastern Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman; is an ill-built, unhealthy city, but does an important transit trade between Arabia, Persia, India, and East Africa; it was in Portuguese possession from 1508 to 1658, but has been independent since.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Muscat'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/muscat.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.