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    The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Dom Fernando de Meneses and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Seydi...
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    Quelba – Kalba Libedia Quelba Corfação Curiate Sibo Dibba Soar Battle of the Gulf of Oman Portuguese Socotra Barros, João de, Década Segunda da Ásia p....
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    passed through the Strait of Hormuz and began sailing along Omani shores where he fought the Portuguese fleet twice. After the second battle, Seydi Ali Reis...
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    with the Strait of Hormuz (which it shares with Iran) and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries. From the 17th century, the Omani Sultanate...
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    The Battle of Mirbat (19 July, 1972) was an attack by Communist guerrillas targeting an Omani government position during the Dhofar Rebellion in the town...
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    June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman. The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated...
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    The Royal Army of Oman (Arabic: الجيش العماني, transliterated: al-Jaīsh al-'Umānī) is the ground forces component of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces...
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    Britain. Oman once possessed the island of Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa as a colony. Oman also held Gwadar as a colony for many years. In Oman, a site...
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    Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (category Suleiman the Magnificent)
    of Aden (1548) Siege of Hormuz (1552) Capture of Muscat (1552) Battle of the Strait of Hormuz (1553) Battle of the Gulf of Oman Mikaberidze 2011, p. 722...
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    London. In 2022, the United Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council, of which Oman is a member, opened up negotiations for the Gulf Cooperation Council–United...
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    protect Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Oman has a military history which dates back to the 7th century. At the time, the forces of the Azd tribe were powerful...
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    in the Persian Gulf and Oman — It was intended to transform the Afshar empire into the hegemonic state of the Gulf by capturing the Persian Gulf and...
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    between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically...
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    قيس) was the Imam of Oman between 1868 and 1871. He deposed his cousin, Salim bin Thuwaini, and declared a short-lived Ibadi imamate in Oman. Opposing...
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    the navy of the Portuguese Empire in the Battle of the Gulf of Oman. The Portuguese would continue to contest Suleiman's forces for control of Aden. In 1533...
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    Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east...
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    المحتل, abbreviated PFLOAG), later renamed the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير عُمان والخليج...
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  • Hormuz Battle of the Gulf of Oman Action at Diu Attack on Mocha Siege of Bahrain Battle of Kamaran Siege of Malacca (1568) Capture of Muscat (1581) Ottoman–Portuguese...
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    Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Poland, and Czechoslovakia; and the Joint Forces North Command was led by the United States, the United...
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    Dibba (category Territorial disputes of Oman)
    Dibbā (Arabic: دِبَّا) is a coastal area at the northern tip of the eastern Arabian peninsula on the Gulf of Oman. Dibba is politically divided into three...
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    at the Battle of the Strait of Hormuz and in 1554 at the Battle of the Gulf of Oman, the Turks being destroyed outright in the latter. In 1559, the Ottomans...
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    Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The council's main headquarters is located in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The Charter...
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    The Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة, romanized: Khalīj al-ʿAqaba) or Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, romanized: Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf...
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    The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia;...
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    The culture of Oman describe the cultural aspects of people living in Oman, which is steeped in the religion of Islam. Oman has its own unique subsect...
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  • Siege of Qatif 1552 - Battle of Muscat 1553 - Battle of the Strait of Hormuz 1554 - Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1557 - Siege of Kotte 1559 - Siege of Bahrain...
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    The Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body...
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  • Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi (category Sultans of Oman)
    Strait of Hormuz between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, a key position. Ahmad bin Said reestablished the leading position of Oman among the Persian...
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  • Ottoman fleet was ferociously routed in the Battle of the Gulf of Oman in August 1554.: 64  As the news reached, some of Sefer's crews argued to retreat back...
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    The Gulf of Finland (Estonian: Soome laht; Finnish: Suomenlahti; Russian: Фи́нский зали́в; Swedish: Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic...
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