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  1. Complete the sentence about Sultanate of Oman with the correct year: In ______, the United Nations Development Programme recognised Oman as the most improved country in the world in terms of developme…
  2. Complete the sentence about Qaboos bin Said al Said with the correct year: In ______, Qaboos ascended to the Omani throne after overthrowing his father in a coup d'état, with British support.
  3. Complete the sentence about Qaboos bin Said al Said with the correct year: Qaboos bin Said was born in the southern city of Salalah in Dhofar on 18 November ______, the only son of Sultan Said bin Tai…
  4. Complete the sentence about Haitham bin Tariq with the correct year: In ______, he graduated from the University of Oxford's Foreign Service Programme and later pursued postgraduate studies at Pembrok…
  5. Complete the sentence about Haitham bin Tariq with the correct year: Beginning in ______, Haitham served varying positions in the Cabinet of Oman under Sultan Qaboos, most notably as Minister of Herit…
  6. Complete the sentence about Said bin Taimur with the correct year: Muscat and Oman became fully sovereign and independent states in ______ with him as ruler.
  7. Complete the sentence about Said bin Taimur with the correct year: Upon his return to Muscat in May ______, it was suggested he attend Beirut to further his education.
  8. Complete the sentence about Said bin Taimur with the correct year: Upon his return from Baghdad, Said participated in the Omani government and became the president of the Council of Ministers in Augus…
  9. Complete the sentence about Said bin Taimur with the correct year: The British were very fond of Said and during February ______, at the age of 21, Said became the new crowned Sultan.
  10. Complete the sentence about Taimur bin Feisal with the correct year: Taimur was born in ______ to Sultan Faisal bin Turki Al Said and his first wife, Sayyida Aliyah bint Thuwaini Al Said.
  11. Complete the sentence about Taimur bin Feisal with the correct year: When Sultan Taimur ibn Faisal abdicated for financial reasons in ______, the twenty-two-year-old Said ibn Taimur inherited an admin…
  12. Complete the sentence about Taimur bin Feisal with the correct year: In ______ he abdicated in favor of his eldest son Said bin Taimur and lived abroad, mostly in British India.
  13. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: Saif called for military help from Persia, and in ______ Persian troops arrived led by Nader Shah.
  14. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By ______ the Persians were in control of much of the country.
  15. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: By late ______ during the Omani Civil War, Ahmad had control over large parts of Oman.
  16. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: Bal'arab bin Himyar of the Yaruba had been elected Imam in ______, and retained the support of some of the Ghafiri of Dhahi…
  17. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: Ahmad went to town's aid but was deserted by his troops at the Battle of Bithnah around the start of ______ and forced to f…
  18. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: In ______, Ahmad invited the remaining Persian troops to a banquet at his fort in Barka where he orchestrated a massacre.
  19. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi with the correct year: In ______ Ahmad gathered an army and moved against Bal'arab, who was encamped near Jebel Akhdar with inferior forces.
  20. Complete the sentence about Said bin Sultan with the correct year: Early in ______ Qais and his brother Mohammed marched south along the coast to Muttrah, which he easily captured.
  21. Complete the sentence about Said bin Sultan with the correct year: In ______, Said bin Sultan lured Badr bin Saif to Barka and murdered him nearby.
  22. Complete the sentence about Said bin Sultan with the correct year: On 31st July ______ Aisha bint Sultan Al Imam Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi, a daughter of Sultan bin Ahmad, assumed the regency on behal…
  23. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: Early in ______ he and his brother Saif took control of the forts of al-Mirani and al-Jalali that guarded the harbor of Muscat.
  24. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: The two brothers gained the support of the powerful Sheikh Sarkar, who marched on the capital in April ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: The Imam, their father, hurried to Muscat which he reached in January ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: On his father's death in ______ Said bin Ahmad was elected Imam and took possession of the capital, Rustaq.
  27. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: Around the end of ______ a group of notables elected his brother, Qais bin Ahmad, as Imam.
  28. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: In ______ Said's son Hamad bin Said managed to get control of Muscat, with its fortress.
  29. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Ahmad with the correct year: In ______ Sultan made a treaty with the British East India Company.
  30. Complete the sentence about Turki bin Said with the correct year: Turki was born in ______ to Sultan Said bin Sultan and an Ethiopian concubine.
  31. Complete the sentence about Turki bin Said with the correct year: In ______, he revolted against his brother, Thuwaini bin Said, who had succeeded his father as Sultan of Oman.
  32. Complete the sentence about Turki bin Said with the correct year: The British authorities intervened and Turki was released from prison in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Turki bin Said with the correct year: After Salim killed his father and took the throne in ______, Turki was again imprisoned and subsequently released due to British inter…
  34. Complete the sentence about Ya'rubid dynasty with the correct year: In ______ the Portuguese captured the coastal city of Muscat, and gradually extended their control along the coast up to Sohar in th…
  35. Complete the sentence about Nasir bin Murshid with the correct year: Omair bin Himyar died around ______, the last of his dynasty, and a succession struggle erupted.
  36. Complete the sentence about Nasir bin Murshid with the correct year: In ______, Nasir gathered a force that he led to Nakhal, which he captured from his great uncle Sultan bin Abul Arar.
  37. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Saif with the correct year: Sultan bin Saif was the cousin of the Imam Nasir bin Murshid bin Sultan al Ya'Aruba, who had founded the Yaruba dynasty in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Sultan bin Saif with the correct year: The Imam Nasir died on 14 April ______ and was buried at Nizwa.
  39. Complete the sentence about Al Said with the correct year: When he died in ______, the ulema replaced Ahmed with his son, Said bin Ahmed, who was very religious but shrank from administrative duties.
  40. Complete the sentence about Al Said with the correct year: In ______ Britain and Oman agreed a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation.
  41. Complete the sentence about Muscat and Oman with the correct year: Persian hegemony in Muscat and Oman was ended in ______ by a defeat at the hands of the elected Imam Ahmad bin Said.
  42. Complete the sentence about Portuguese Oman with the correct year: In ______, as Governor of India Albuquerque captured the city of Hormuz itself, by the entrance of the Arabian Gulf, and erected on i…
  43. Complete the sentence about Portuguese Oman with the correct year: In ______, Hormuz revolted against Portugal, and sheikh Rashid was ordered to massacre all Portuguese in Muscat, but he refused.
  44. Complete the sentence about Jebel Akhdar War with the correct year: The war lasted until ______, when the British armed forces decided to intervene directly by launching air and ground attacks on the…
  45. Complete the sentence about Jebel Akhdar War with the correct year: Following Imam Ahmed's death in ______, his son, Said bin Ahmed became the elected Imam.
  46. Complete the sentence about Zanzibar Sultanate with the correct year: On 12 January ______, revolutionaries led by the African Afro-Shirazi Party overthrew the mainly Arab government.
  47. Complete the sentence about Zanzibar Sultanate with the correct year: In ______, Zanzibar became part of the overseas holdings of Oman after Saif bin Sultan, the Imam of Oman, defeated the Portuguese…
  48. Complete the sentence about Zanzibar Sultanate with the correct year: After his death in ______, two of his sons, Majid bin Said and Thuwaini bin Said, struggled over the succession, so Zanzibar and O…
  49. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Zanzibar War with the correct year: The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar on 27 August ______…
  50. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Seeb with the correct year: With British assistance by mediator Ronald Wingate, the Treaty of Seeb was signed on September 25, ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Seeb with the correct year: Imam Salim ibn Rashid al-Kharusi was murdered in July ______ and a new Imam, Muhammad bin Abdullah AlKhalili, was elected.
  52. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Seeb with the correct year: Relationships between Muscat and Oman were relatively peaceful until ______ when news broke out that Imam Alkhalili was ill.
  53. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Seeb with the correct year: Following the death of Imam AlKhalili, Imam Ghalib Alhinai was elected in ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Seeb with the correct year: In ______ Sultan Said bin Taimour occupied the capital, Nizwa.
  55. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Oman with the correct year: When Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said assumed power in ______, Oman had limited contacts with the outside world, including ne…
  56. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Oman with the correct year: Since ______, Oman has pursued a moderate foreign policy and expanded its diplomatic relations dramatically.
  57. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Oman with the correct year: Oman has developed close ties to its neighbours; it joined the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council when it was established…
  58. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Oman with the correct year: Oman has traditionally supported Middle East peace initiatives, as it did those in ______.
  59. Complete the sentence about Omani rial with the correct year: The Indian rupee and, from ______, the Gulf rupee continued to circulate.
  60. Complete the sentence about Omani rial with the correct year: On 6 June ______, India devalued the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee.
  61. Complete the sentence about Omani rial with the correct year: Oman continued to use the Gulf rupee until ______, with the government backing the currency at its old peg to the pound, when it adopted t…
  62. Complete the sentence about Omani rial with the correct year: The Omani rial replaced the Saidi rial at par on 11 November ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Central Bank of Oman with the correct year: Until ______, when Sultan Qaboos bin Said took over, there was no national authority responsible for the supervision of the inci…
  64. Complete the sentence about Economy of Oman with the correct year: Oman joined the Gulf Cooperation Council in ______ with the aim of establishing a customs union, a common market and a common currenc…
  65. Complete the sentence about Petroleum Development Oman with the correct year: A geological survey of the country in ______ by the D'Arcy Exploration Company found no conclusive evidence of oil.
  66. Complete the sentence about Petroleum Development Oman with the correct year: Having landed at Duqm in February ______, IPC geologists were faced with tribal conflicts which made access to the most pr…
  67. Complete the sentence about Petroleum Development Oman with the correct year: In January ______ the company started drilling its first well at Fahud but did not find any oil.
  68. Complete the sentence about Petroleum Development Oman with the correct year: The first successful findings, on an commercially relevant level, were made at Yibal in April ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Oman Oil Company with the correct year: In ______, Oman Oil Company was established by the Government of Oman.
  70. Complete the sentence about Oman Oil Company with the correct year: A separate company for gas, named Oman Gas Company, was established in ______.
  71. Complete the sentence about Oman Oil Company with the correct year: Oman Trading International, a trading division, was established in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Oman Oil Company with the correct year: Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Co. was created in ______ with the merger of Oman Refinery Company and Sohar Refinery Company.
  73. Complete the sentence about Oman Oil Company with the correct year: In ______, the Programme Apple was initiated which aimed to integrate Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company, Oman Polypropylene…
  74. Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May ______, formally establishing the institution.
  75. Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: In ______, Bahraini prime minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that current events in the region highlighted the impo…
  76. Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: An economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on 11 November ______ in Abu Dhabi, U…
  77. Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March ______, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sy…
  78. Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: Furthermore, the signing of an agreement on Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation on 13 April ______ committed the signatories to coordi…
  79. Complete the sentence about Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque with the correct year: In ______, the then Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al Said, directed that his country should have a Grand Mosque.
  80. Complete the sentence about Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque with the correct year: Construction commenced in December ______, after a site was chosen at Bausher, and it took six years and seven months to b…
  81. Complete the sentence about Royal Air Force of Oman with the correct year: In ______ the SOAF received the first of 24 BAC Strikemaster jet trainer and light strike aircraft for operation against insu…
  82. Complete the sentence about Royal Air Force of Oman with the correct year: In ______ the SOAF was expanded with orders for the Britten Norman Defender, BAC One-Eleven, Vickers VC10 and 32 Hawker Hunte…
  83. Complete the sentence about Royal Air Force of Oman with the correct year: In ______ SEPECAT Jaguars joined the SOAF, followed in the 1980s by the BAE Hawk.
  84. Complete the sentence about Royal Army of Oman with the correct year: At the end of the Dhofar Rebellion the Omani army became an independent service known as the Sultan of Oman Land Forces in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Royal Navy of Oman with the correct year: From ______, the Sultanate of Oman lapsed again into a period of steady decline due to internal political wrangling and along with…
  86. Complete the sentence about Royal Navy of Oman with the correct year: In ______ Oman became a protectorate of the British Empire, which it would remain for almost 100 years.
  87. Complete the sentence about Royal Navy of Oman with the correct year: In ______, the Dhofar Rebellion erupted, pitting communist insurgents against the Omani government.
  88. Complete the sentence about Royal Oman Police with the correct year: The ROP played a highly criticised role in the ______ Omani protests.
  89. Complete the sentence about Royal Oman Police with the correct year: On 28 February ______, in Sohar, 250 kilometres north of Oman's capital Muscat, the ROP was reported to have opened fire using live…
  90. Complete the sentence about Royal Oman Police with the correct year: On 9 November ______, the first passing out ceremony of the School of Oman's first batch of Cadre Officers was conducted here under…
  91. Complete the sentence about Royal Oman Police with the correct year: In ______, the Sultan opened the Police Academy near Nizwa, recently renamed as the Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences.
  92. Complete the sentence about Sultan's Armed Forces with the correct year: Prior to ______, when Said bin Taimur became ruler of Muscat and Oman, the defense of the region was guaranteed by treaties wit…
  93. Complete the sentence about Sultan's Armed Forces with the correct year: Eventually in ______, two squadrons from the British Special Air Service were deployed, under Anthony Deane-Drummond.
  94. Complete the sentence about Sultan's Armed Forces with the correct year: In ______, a rebellion began in the southern province of Dhofar, again supported by Saudi Arabia.
  95. Complete the sentence about Human rights in Oman with the correct year: In ______, Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree promulgating the basic law, which is considered to be Oman's constitution.
  96. Complete the sentence about Human rights in Oman with the correct year: In May ______, security forces detained Ismael al-Meqbali, Habiba al-Hinai and Yaqoub al-Kharusi, human rights activists who wer…
  97. Complete the sentence about Oman–United States relations with the correct year: The United States relationship with Oman dates back 200 years, with American merchant ships making port calls in Oman as…
  98. Complete the sentence about Oman–United States relations with the correct year: Oman was the first nation from the Arabian Peninsula to recognize the United States, sending an envoy in ______.
  99. Complete the sentence about Oman–United States relations with the correct year: The first Treaty of Amity and Commerce was concluded at Muscat on 21 September ______, by Edmund Roberts and Said bin Su…
  100. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first resident U.S. ambassador took up his post in July ______.

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