The Dhofar Governorate (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة ظُفَّار, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ẓuffār) is the largest of the 11 governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms...
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The Dhofar War (also known by other names) took place from 1963 to 1976 in the province of Dhofar against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The war began...
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The Dhofar Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال ظُفَار, romanized: Jibāl Ẓufār) are a mountain range in the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. In a broad...
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Dhofar (Arabic: ظُفَار, romanized: Ẓufār) is a governorate of the Sultanate of Oman. Dhofar or Zufar may also refer to: Dhofar Rebellion, or the Omani...
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Dhofar Sports, Cultural and Social Club (Arabic: نادي ظفار الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي is an Omani sports club based in Salalah, Oman. The club currently...
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The Dhofar shrew (Crocidura dhofarensis) is a white-toothed shrew found only in the Dhofar region of Oman and Yemen. Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.;...
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The Dhofar toad or Oman toad (Duttaphrynus dhufarensis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula and is found...
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Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (section Dhofar campaign)
buildings covered the country from the north of Musandam to the south of Dhofar, making Oman a great power in the Persian Gulf. During the later al Busaidi...
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Oman (section Dhofar War)
inscriptions from Sha'r Awtar's reign (210-230 CE). At Aybut Al Auwal, in the Dhofar Governorate of Oman, a site was discovered in 2011 containing more than...
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Province-class fast attack craft (redirect from Dhofar-class fast attack craft)
The Province-class fast attack craft, also known as the Dhofar class, is a British-built series of missile-armed fast attack craft for the Royal Navy of...
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The Dhofar pipistrelle (Pipistrellus dhofarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Pipistrellus. It is found in Southern Arabia, including Oman...
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Salalah (category Populated places in the Dhofar Governorate)
romanized: Ṣalālah) is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 331,949. Salalah is the third-largest...
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Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF) (Arabic: جبهة تحرير ظفار) was a communist front that was established to create a separatist state in Dhofar, the southern...
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Development (Oman and Dhofar) Ltd, an associate company of the Iraq Petroleum Company, carried out a camel-borne survey of Dhofar province. Like Thesiger...
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Geography of Oman (section Dhofar Governorate)
finally the barren coastline south to the Dhofar region in the south. Except for the foggy and fertile Dhofar, all of the coast and the lowlands around...
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Provinces of Oman (section Dhofar Governorate)
Batinah South Al Buraimi Al Wusta Ash Sharqiyah North Ash Sharqiyah South Dhofar Muscat Musandam Within the governorates, Oman is sub-divided into 61 provinces...
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until its independence in early 1964. In 1964, a separatist revolt began in Dhofar province. Aided by Communist and leftist governments such as the former...
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (category Dhofar War)
Tahrir Dhofar, DLF) which was based in Dhofar, the southern province of Oman. It was founded in 1962 by the Dhofar Benevolent Society (DBS), the Dhofar Soldiers’...
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Iraqi–Kurdish conflict First Iraqi–Kurdish War Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Dhofar Rebellion North Yemen civil war Feb. 1963 Iraqi coup Mar. 1963 Syrian coup...
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Saudi Arabia and Sudan for the southeastern monsoon. The monsoon affects Dhofar and Al Mahrah Governorates from about June to early September. During these...
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Operation Simba (redirect from Operation Simba (Dhofar Rebellion))
around high ground near Sarfait, was the longest running conflict of the Dhofar Rebellion. On 17 April 1972, a battalion of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces...
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Saudi Arabia), according to an author The southwest monsoon coastline of Dhofar and Eastern Yemen (Mahra). Arabia has few lakes or permanent rivers. Most...
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officially created in 1976. Currently, the most successful team in the league is Dhofar with 12 titles to their name. In 2010, during the annual draw for the Sultan...
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inland to 120 kilometres (75 mi) in the Jiddat al Harasisi plateau and the Dhofar Mountains. From here it continues as a very narrow strip (only 5 kilometres...
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Iraqi–Kurdish conflict First Iraqi–Kurdish War Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Dhofar Rebellion North Yemen civil war Feb. 1963 Iraqi coup Mar. 1963 Syrian coup...
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Said bin Taimur (category People from Dhofar Governorate)
united, Said left the capital of Muscat and resided in a coastal town in Dhofar. Muscat and Oman became fully sovereign and independent states in 1951 with...
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Emirates (UAE). The fourth part of historical and present-day Oman is the Dhofar Governorate. Although there was a Portuguese presence in the region, the...
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This is a list of banks in Oman. Central Bank of Oman Bank Muscat Bank Dhofar [1] National Bank of Oman Sohar International Oman Arab Bank Ahli Bank Bank...
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paisa, with 64 paisa = 1 rupee. In 1940, coins were introduced for use in Dhofar, followed, in 1946, by coins for use in Oman. Both coinages were denominated...
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Scarus zufar (redirect from Dhofar parrotfish)
Scarus zufar, also known as Dhofar parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is found along the central...
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