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| A view over old Muscat, with government buildings. Muscat is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, one of only two Sultanates in the world (the other is the Sultanate of Brunei). The Sultan's Palace is barely visible in the top center, overlooked by the Mirani Fort which seems to rise out of the adjacent rocks. Al Mirani Fort and the its nearby twin the Al Jalali Fort were built by the Portuguese who occupied Muscat in the 16th century. |
