Related Clues:

• Place avoided by Rushdie
• Land that's mostly sand
• 2003 war zone
• Country on the Strait of Hormuz
• Present-day Persia
• Muscat's locale
• Arab sultanate
• It abuts Armenia
• Baghdad's land
• Dr. Seuss 'If -- the Zoo' '
• Its flag is blue and white
• Promised land
• Fort of Jalali locale
• Islamic republic
• Former shahdom