Dhofar Rebellion

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The Dhofar Rebellion was a Marxist-inspired insurgency in Oman’s Dhofar region from the 1960s to mid-1970s, fought against the Omani government and its allies as part of the broader Cold War-era conflicts in the Arabian Peninsula.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dhofar Rebellion canonical 7
Oman Dhofar Rebellion 2
Dhofar War 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
aftermath increased modernization and development in Oman ⓘ
strengthening of Oman's ties with Western and regional allies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dhofar War ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion

Omani Civil War (Dhofar) ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion
chronology one of the longest post–World War II insurgencies in the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
conflictType Marxist-inspired insurgency ⓘ
endTime 1976 ⓘ
hasCasualties thousands of people killed and wounded ⓘ
hasCause influence of Arab nationalism ⓘ
political repression under Sultan Said bin Taimur ⓘ
regional underdevelopment in Dhofar ⓘ
spread of Marxist–Leninist ideology ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Abu Dhabi ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Dhofar Liberation Front ⓘ
Dhofari guerrillas ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion

East Germany ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Firqat forces ⓘ
Imperial Iranian Armed Forces ⓘ
Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Ba'athist Iraq

Jordan ⓘ
Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Arabian Gulf ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf ⓘ
RAF Salalah ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
South Yemen ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Sultan's Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Army of Oman

Sultanate of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Oman

United Kingdom ⓘ
hasResult consolidation of Sultan Qaboos's rule ⓘ
defeat of Dhofari insurgents ⓘ
expulsion of Marxist guerrillas from Dhofar ⓘ
government victory ⓘ
integration of Dhofar into modern Omani state ⓘ
ideology Arab nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
locatedIn Dhofar Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar

Oman ⓘ
opposedBy Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sultan Qaboos bin Said ⓘ
linked to: Qaboos bin Said

Sultan Said bin Taimur ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
significantEvent 1970 Omani coup d'état ⓘ
British-led counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
deployment of Iranian troops to Dhofar ⓘ
introduction of hearts-and-minds development programs in Dhofar ⓘ
startTime 1962 ⓘ
strategicAspect use of air power by government and allies ⓘ
use of mountainous terrain and caves by insurgents ⓘ
supportedBy Cuba ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

South Yemen ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strikemaster → usedInConflict → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces → engagement → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
Peter de la Billière → conflict → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
22 SAS Regiment → conflict → Oman Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion
RAFO → engagement → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
Shehri people → associatedWith → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
Dhofar Rebellion → hasMainBelligerent → Dhofari guerrillas ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion
Dhofar Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Dhofar War ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion
Dhofar Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Omani Civil War (Dhofar) ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion
Imperial Iranian Army → significantEvent → Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
British forces → conflict → Oman Dhofar Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar Rebellion