Sinaw is a city in

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. It is known for its cattle market and its

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History

Sinaw is considered to be one of the most vital markets in the eastern region of

, in addition to Sur Market and Ibra Market. It is an urban city with some rural features, due to the surrounding desert. In the last century some of the city locals found some buried treasure, which included pre-

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and bore some resemblance to coins of the same era found in

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. Other

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were minted during the Ummayyad Era in the Arabian peninsula.

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* https://books.google.com/books?id=tbr4_KpOzEgC&pg=PA211 {{oman-geo-stub Populated places in Oman

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