campaign, Cold War

Operation Simba

Name: Operation Simba
Location: Sarfait, Oman

Operation Simba was a campaign fought in 1972 at Sarfait, in what is now Oman; it lasted about 3 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Sarfait. It was part of the Dhofar Rebellion, which ran from 1963 to 1976. The recorded result: Omani victory.

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Fought1972lasted about 3 years

WhereSarfait, Oman16.683N, 53.116E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOmani victory

BelligerentsSultan of OmanagainstPopular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf

Part ofDhofar Rebellion1963 to 1976

Where it sits in the Dhofar Rebellion

3 placed engagements of the Dhofar Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1972 (year precision) to 1975
Place	Sarfait, Oman 16.683N, 53.116E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War

Placed at Sarfait; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mirbat 1972, 171 km E
Capture of Muscat 1552, 959 km NE
Siege of Najran AD 523, 959 km W
Capture of Muscat 1649, 959 km NE
Siege of Sanaa AD 570, 964 km W

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1972

Operation Linebacker II Vietnam
Easter Offensive Vietnam
Battle of Kontum Vietnam
First Battle of Quảng Trị Vietnam
1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon Israel

Operation Simba is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 10 in present-day Oman.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q30609076, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Simba, revision 1377622245, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.