Mirbat ( ar, مرباط) is a coastal town in the
Dhofar
The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah Gov ...
governorate, in southwestern
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
. It was the site of the 1972
Battle of Mirbat between Communist guerrillas on one side and the
armed forces of the Sultan of Oman and their
Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...
advisers.
Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of
frankincense
Frankincense (also known as olibanum) is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus ''Boswellia'' in the family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French ('high-quality incense').
There are several species o ...
in ancient times, to places as far as China.
Mirbat also houses the mausoleum of Bin Ali.
See also
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Battle of Mirbat
References
Populated places in the Dhofar Governorate
Populated coastal places in Oman
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