Oman, a country on the Arabian Peninsula, has landscape including desert, riverbed desert gardens and long coastlines on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. Wahiba Sands is a district of rises occupied by Bedouins. The port capital, Muscat, is home to the huge, contemporary Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, and the old waterfront Muttrah quarter, with a tangled souk and occupied fish advertise.