Editing Oman (section)

== Etymology ==
The oldest known written mention of "Oman" is found on a tomb in the [[Mleiha Archaeological Centre|Mleiha Archeological Center]] in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://saa.shj.ae/en/age-exc/pre-islamic/|title=Pre-Islamic – SAA|website=saa.shj.ae|access-date=6 October 2023|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008161654/https://saa.shj.ae/en/age-exc/pre-islamic/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The name "Oman" is believed to predate [[Pliny the Elder]]’s reference to "Omana"<ref>[[Pliny the Elder]]. ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'', VI.149.</ref> and [[Claudius Ptolemy|Ptolemy]]'s reference to "Omanon". ({{lang|grc|Ὄμανον ἐμπόριον}} in [[Greek language|Greek]]).<ref>[[Claudius Ptolemy|Ptolemy, Claudius]]. ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]''. VI.7.36.</ref> Both of these references likely pertain to the ancient city of [[Sohar]].<ref name="EJoman">{{Cite book |last=Brill |first=E. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9JQ3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA976 |title=E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 |publisher=BRILL |year=1987 |isbn=978-90-04-08265-6 |location=Leiden |orig-date=1913}}</ref>

The city or region is commonly etymologized in Arabic as deriving from {{Transliteration|ar|ʿāmin}} or {{Transliteration|ar|ʿamūn}}, meaning 'settled' people, in contrast to the nomadic [[Bedouin]]s.<ref name="EJoman" /> While some theories propose an eponymous founder—such as Oman bin Ibrahim al-Khalil, Oman bin Siba' bin Yaghthan bin Ibrahim, Oman bin Qahtan—others suggest that "Oman" originates from a valley in [[Ma'rib]], [[Yemen]]. This valley is presumed to be the ancestral homeland of the [[Azd]], an ancient Bedouin tribe mentioned in [[Pre-Islamic Arabia|pre-Islamic]] inscriptions, particularly in [[Sabaic]] inscriptions from the reign of [[Sha'r Awtar]] ([[210]]–[[230]] CE).<ref name="Tarbaby">''Tarikh fi Uman'' [''Oman in History''].</ref>

Oman was known in the various historical stages with more than one of its most prominent names (Majan, and the Sultanate of Oman), where each of them is associated with a specific civilized or historical dimension. Water in Amman in previous historical periods, compared to the Arab countries adjacent to it, and the word Mazoun is derived from the word (Al -Mazen), which is the clouds with a abundant flowing water. Perhaps this explains the establishment and prosperity of agriculture in Amman since ancient times and the accompanying civilization as well. In the Middle Ages all of the part of the Arabian Peninsula which is located in eastern Qatar and then south to the Indian Ocean was named Oman, but starting from the eighteenth century, this name was given to the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, which today forms the Sultanate of Oman and the Mahaden coast.<ref>{{Cite web |title= التاريخ والجغرافيا|url=https://www.omaninfo.om/pages/161/show/572}}</ref>