...Kjetil Tronvoll Zanzibar, a self-governing state of Tanzania, may look like a tranquil tropical archipelago. But in the 60 years since a revolution overthrew a sultanate with origins in Oman, its politics have been turbulent. Revolutionary doctrines of socialism and one-party rule led to repression...

... called the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It would be known as the Sultanate of Oman from 1970 onward. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Oman heritage history nation-building Islam Gulf states In 2006, a Kuwaiti journalist asked Sultan Qaboos bin Said how he...

... foreign policy Saudi Arabia Gulf Cooperation Council Al Jazeera Bahrain Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates UAE Iran Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad bin Salman Thani 342 Years of anger at Doha s brash regional policies may have made the opportunity to put Qatar back in its place...