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The Omani territory of Madha (Arabic: مَدْحَاء, romanized: madḥāʾ) is an exclave of the Musandam Governorate, enclaved by the United Arab Emirates (UAE); inside it, there is a second-order enclave: Nahwa, which is part of the UAE Emirate of Sharjah. Madha is located halfway between the Musandam Peninsula and the rest of Oman.
Oman, [b] officially the Sultanate of Oman, [c] is a country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The capital and largest city is Muscat. Oman has a population of about 5.28 million as of 2024, which is a 4.60% population increase from ...
Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars , crescents and the Shahada .
Nahwa is a territory that forms part of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It is a counter-enclave (or second-order enclave ) within the Omani territory of Madha , which is itself an exclave of Oman and an enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
Flag of the Imamate of Oman: A White Field with red Arabic script and a red sword pointed to the right below. [9] 1970–1985: Flag of Oman: A horizontal tricolor of white, red and green; with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, charged with the National Emblem of Oman, the red stripe is smaller than the other ones. [10] [11] 1985–1995: Flag ...
[citation needed] Though the inland territories were under nominal control of the Sultans of Muscat, they were in practice run by tribal leaders and the Imams of Oman, practitioners of the Ibadi sect of Islam. [citation needed] The flag of the Imamate of Oman (1856–1970). This was a white flag with the Omani Khanjar coat-of-arms on the top ...
In 1798, Britain and Oman agreed on a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation. [13] [14] Sultan bin Ahmad pledged himself to British interests in India, and his territories became out of bounds to the French. He allowed the British East India Company to establish the first trading station in the Persian Gulf, and a British consul was posted to Muscat ...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.