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Nizwa Club
Nizwa Club is an Omani sports club based in Nizwa, Oman. The club is currently playing in Oman First Division League, first division of Oman Football Association.
Nizwa
Nizwa is the largest city in the Ad Dakhiliyah Region in Oman and was the capital of Oman proper. Nizwa is about 140 km (1.5 hours) from Muscat.
Nizwa Fort
The Nizwa Fort is a large castle in Nizwa, Oman.
Nizwa Sports Complex
Nizwa Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Nizwa, Oman. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al-Khabourah SC of the Omani League.
University of Nizwa
The University of Nizwa was established in 2002 by the Decree of Sultan Qaboos as the first non-profit university in the Sultanate of Oman. It remains the only institution of its kind in the nation.
Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی, translit. Niẓāmī Ganjavī, lit.
Nizam of Hyderabad
The Nizam of Hyderabad was a monarch of the Hyderabad State, now divided into Telangana state, Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka and Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Nizam, shortened from Nizam-ul-Mulk, meaning Administrator of the Realm, the title of the sovereigns of Hyderabad State, was the premier Prince of India, since 1724, belonging to the Asaf Jah dynasty.
Nizari
The Nizaris are the largest branch of the Ismaili Shi'i Muslims, the second-largest branch of Shia Islam (the largest being the Twelver). Nizari teachings emphasize human reasoning (ijtihad, the individual use of one's reason when using both the Quran and Hadith as resources), pluralism (the acceptance of racial, ethnic, cultural and intra-religious differences) and social justice.
Nizamuddin Auliya
Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya , also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order and arguably one of the most famous Sufis on the Indian Subcontinent. His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Moinuddin Chishti.
Firq Air Base
Firq Air Base/Nizwa Airport was an airport serving the city of Nizwa in Oman. Per Google Earth historical imagery, the runway was demolished sometime after 2009.
Muscat
Muscat is the capital and largest city of Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat.
Muscat (grape)
The Muscat family of grapes includes over 200 grape varieties belonging to the Vitis vinifera species that have been used in wine production and as raisin and table grapes around the globe for many centuries. Their colors range from white , to yellow (Moscato Giallo), to pink (Moscato rosa del Trentino) to near black (Muscat Hamburg).
Muscat and Oman
The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman was a thalassocratic nation that encompassed the present-day Sultanate of Oman and parts of present-day United Arab Emirates and Gwadar, Pakistan. The country is not to be confused with the Trucial States, which were sheikhdoms under British protection since 1820.