The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OMANI
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result OMANI
- Hiding in bedroom, an invisible Arab
- Arab chap coming in round island
- Chap in love, one from a Gulf state
- One supporting old guy’s an Arab
- Middle Eastern country without borders
- One from sultanate soon to be recalled
- Aleppo man in houses of certain Arabs
- Asian lady's heading off before one
- Somewhat romantic person from the Middle East
- Citizen of sultanate, returning very soon?
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The straight part
We know that "One from sultanate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one from sultanate = omani.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.