Mirbat | |
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Town | |
 One of Mirbat's several dilapidated Yemeni-style mud-brick structures | |
  Mirbat Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 16°59′19″N 54°41′32″E / 16.98861°N 54.69222°E | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Governorate | Dhofar Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (+4) |
Mirbat (Arabic: مرباط) is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It was the site of the 1972 Battle of Mirbat between Communist guerrillas and the armed forces of the Sultan of Oman and their British Special Air Service advisers.
Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of frankincense in ancient times, to places as far away as China.[1]
Mirbat also houses the mausoleum of Bin Ali.
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Battle of Mirbat (9 SAS Soldiers VS 300 Adoo Guerrillas)
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SAS's Rorke's Drift: The Battle of Mirbat | July 1972
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See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mirbat.
References
- ^ Ralph Kauz (2010). Ralph Kauz (ed.). Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road: From the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea. East Asian Economic and Socio-cultural Studies – East Asian Maritime History. Vol. 10. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-447-06103-2. Retrieved December 26, 2011 – via Google Books.
16°59′19″N 54°41′32″E / 16.98861°N 54.69222°E
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