Salalah (Arabic: صلالة;‎ transliterated Ṣalālah), is the capital and seat of the governor or Wali of the southern Omani province of Dhofar. The population of Salalah was 197,169 in 2009.

Salalah is the second largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city in the Dhofar Provence. The coastal city of Salalah is a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the Sultan, Qaboos bin Said. The Sultan traditionally lives in Salalah rather than in Muscat, the capital and largest city in Oman; Qaboos has bucked this trend, and has lived in Muscat since he ascended to the throne in 1970. He does, however, visit Salalah fairly regularly to meet with influential tribal and local leaders; his last visit was in 2006 and before that he visited in 2002. In mid-2009 the massive Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque was opened in Salalah, 39 years after he had taken the throne.

In 2010, during the 40th anniversary of Sultan Qaboos' taking the throne, he decided to spend his time in Salalah. The 40th anniversary celebrations consisted of a massive parade. It lasted several hours and had an estimated 100,000 attenders.

Farhan Ali Qadri (Urdu:فرحان علی قادری) was born on October 1, 1995 in Jacobabad, Pakistan. He gained recognition as a Naat Khawan of Pakistan and recited naats in various languages such as Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki and Punjabi; he even recited naats in Bengali and English.

Farhan grew up in Jacobabad. He belongs to a Baloch family; his father is Fazal Muhammad. Farhan Ali started reciting naats at the age of five; he used to recite naats in his school, Milad. He achieved widespread recognition for his recital of the nasheed “Noor wala aaia hay”.

He has toured extensively in Pakistan, and performed in other countries including Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Mauritius.

He released several albums, and performed live on various Pakistani television channels.

Farhan Ali Qadri has won various awards at national, provincial and district levels. He generally performs 3-6 live concerts (mehfils) every week.