Liberated Areas (Oman)
Liberated Areas | |||||||||
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Map of the Liberated Areas in 1971 | |||||||||
| Status | Quasi-state | ||||||||
| Capital | Rakhyut | ||||||||
| Establishment | Dhofar rebellion | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Sultanate of Oman | ||||||||
The Liberated Areas[1] (Arabic: المناطق المحررة) were the areas that used to be under the effective control of the Dhofar Liberation Front, the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG), and later the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman.
Territorial control
In August 1969, the movement captured the coastal town of Rakhyut,[2] which served as the capital of their liberated zone for several years. By 1970, PFLOAG had control of the entire Dhofar region except for the desert and narrow coastal strip of Salalah.[3]
References
Citations
- ^ Takriti 2016, p. 6.
- ^ John Peterson, Defending Arabia, 1986, Taylor & Francis, p 100.
- ^ Halliday 1974, pp. 324–325.
Bibliography
- Halliday, Fred (1974). Arabia Without Sultans. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-021818-3.
- Takriti, Abdel Razzaq (2016). Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-251561-2.