He renamed the country the Sultanate of Oman (called Muscat and Oman hitherto), in an attempt to end to the interior's isolation from Muscat. Qaboos enlisted the services of capable Omanis to fill positions in his new government, drawing from such corporations as Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).uscat (Arabic: ÙØ³ÙØ·, Masqaá¹­) is the capital of Oman. It is also the seat of government and largest city in the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate reached 1.28 million as of May 2015.
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He was 76. The oldest actor to be nominated for an Oscar was Gloria Stewart, who was 87 when she was nominated for her role as Old Rose in 1997's Titanic. The youngest person to ever receive an Oscar was 5-year-old Shirley Temple-in 1934. (However, Shirley's Oscar was an honorary one.). The youngest actress to win a standard Oscar was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon in 1974. Christopher Plummer became the oldest person to win an Oscar, when he won for Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for his performance in Beginners, at age 82.