Imamate of Oman (Autonomous region of the sultanate of Muscat and Oman)
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Was an Imamate that break away from the Sultanate of Muscat during the Jebel Akhdar War (1954-1959).
Establishment
October 1954: De facto secession of Oman.
October 1954: The Jebel Akhdar War was triggered by the sultan, Said Bin Taimur, on 10 October 1954, when he first licensed IPC oil prospectors to search for oil near Fahud, an area located within the territory of the Imamate, and sent forces to occupy it.
October 1954: The Muscat Sultanate's forces moved to capture Tanam.
December 1954: On 13 December 1954, the Muscat and Oman Field Force (MOFF), later renamed Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (SAF), which had eight British officers among its troops, marched from Fahud to Adam and occupied it.
Chronology
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Was a civil war in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman caused by the effort of the internal region (Oman) to become independent.
1.1.Secession of Oman
Was the secession of Oman from the Sultanate of Muscan and Oman at the beginning of the Jebel Akhdar War.
1.2.Occupation of Oman
Was a military offensive by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in the secessionist region of Oman.
December 1955: The capital of the Oman Imamate, Nizwa, was captured by the Muscat Sultanate.
1.3.Revolt/Liberation of Oman
Was an offensive by the secessionist Imamate of Oman against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to increase its territory.
January 1958: Talib bin Ali Alhinai, the Imam of Oman's brother, who fled to Saudi Arabia then Egypt, returned to Oman in 1957 with 300 well-equipped Omani fighters landing at Albatinah coast. A second group of fighters landed in Qalhat and made its way to Bidiya, where clashes erupted between both sides. Talib's plan was to divert the MOFF forces to Bidiya, away from the central part of Oman. Talib and his forces successfully made their way to central Oman, where they were joined by Imam Ghalib at Wadi Al-Ula. The insurrection broke out again when Talib's forces took hold of a fortified tower near Bilad Sayt.
January 1958: Omani forces captured Bahla Fort.
January 1958: After weeks of skirmishes, with no civilian support from the locals in the interior, the rest of MOFF forces that remained in the interior parts of Oman had no choice but to surrender their way back to Fahud. The Imamate's forces freed Nizwa (capital), Firq, Izki, Tanuf, Bahla and Jabal Akhdar from the Sultunate's control, while Ibri was the only area that remained under the occupation of the Sultunate.
January 1958: The MOFF was heavily ambushed at Tanuf, Kamah and Nizwa.
1.4.Sultanate Counterattack with british support
Was the reconquest of the secessionist Imamate of Oman by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with British military support at the end of the Jebel Akhdar War.
August 1958: The rebellion at Nizwa was suppressed by the Muscat Regiment and the Trucial Oman Levies from the neighbouring Trucial States.
August 1958: The advancement of the Muscat ground forces started at night from Fahud towards Izz.
August 1958: Talib's forces retreated to the inaccessible Jebel Akhdar.
August 1958: Firq conquered by oman.
January 1959: The SAS occupied Saiq and Shuraijah.
Disestablishment
January 1959: The SAS occupied Saiq and Shuraijah.
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