Assertion: muscat | /r/HasProperty | ruled by persian
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text: The metropolitan area spans approximately 3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi) and includes six provinces called wilayat.[citation needed] Known since the early 1st century CE as an important trading port between the west and the east, Muscat was ruled by various indigenous tribes as well as foreign powers such as the Persians, the Portuguese Empire, the Iberian Union and the Ottoman Empire at various points in its history.