Historical clue formulations

• Desert country popular for whale watching — 2026-09-06
• The Arabian Sea's Gulf of ___ — 2026-05-24
• Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar — 2026-03-12
• Sultanate near Yemen — 2026-01-14
• Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas — 2026-01-06
• Oldest independent state in the Arab world — 2025-12-07
• Country that produces surprisingly little Muscat wine — 2025-08-19
• Sultanate that controls the exclave of Madha — 2025-05-17
• Home to the Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site — 2025-04-25
• Arab League member — 2025-02-26
• Mideast sultanate — 2024-12-01
• Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates — 2024-10-22
• Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861 — 2024-08-22
• Its national symbol is the khanjar, a dagger worn for self-defense — 2024-08-04
• Muscat's land — 2023-11-13
• Land with an exclave on the Strait of Hormuz — 2023-06-02
• Gulf nation — 2023-05-23
• Sultanate near Yemen — 2023-04-05
• The so-called "Pearl of Arabia" — 2023-03-26
• Home of Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site — 2023-03-19
• Arab nation that's a top exporter of gypsum — 2023-02-22
• Country bordering Yemen — 2023-02-06
• Country that borders Yemen — 2023-01-31
• Saudi Arabia neighbor — 2022-12-25
• U.N. member classified as a sultanate — 2022-12-04
• Sultanate on the Arabian Sea — 2022-11-30
• Its capital is Muscat — 2022-06-06
• Nation bordering the Arabian Sea — 2022-05-18
• Muscat's land — 2022-02-14
• Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanate — 2021-12-24
• Home of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque — 2021-11-13
• Country near the Strait of Hormuz — 2021-11-02
• "Toe" of the Arabian Peninsula — 2021-11-01
• Oldest independent state in the Arab world — 2021-10-24
• The toe of a geographical "boot" — 2021-09-10
• Muscat's sultanate — 2021-06-23
• Only United Nations member whose name starts with "O" — 2021-03-17
• Its flag displays a curved dagger known as a khanjar — 2021-02-11
• Country whose name can be an exclamation — 2021-01-05
• Mideast sultanate — 2020-12-29
• Oil-rich nation that's not in OPEC — 2020-07-19
• Yemen neighbor — 2020-06-09
• U.S. ally in the Gulf War — 2020-03-01
• Its chief agricultural export is dates — 2019-11-16
• Arab nation once colonized by the Portuguese — 2019-11-01
• Country that has approximately 0% arable land — 2019-07-19
• Mideast land — 2019-05-26
• Arabian land near the Strait of Hormuz — 2018-09-05
• Home of a sultan — 2018-08-30
• Sultan Qaboos's land — 2018-05-06