Brief history of Oman:
The Sultanate of Oman is an Arabic Islamic state on the South Eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula on the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and shares land borders with the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest, while marine borders are shared with Iran and Pakistan. Its capital city is Muscat and its official religion is Islam. Oman is ruled by an absolute monarch, The Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, who has been the hereditary leader of the country since 1970. Oman was rated the most improved country in 40 years in world history by the United Nations Human Development Index Report..