# Mirbat

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'''Mirbat''' ({{langx|ar|مرباط|Mirbāṭ}}) is a coastal town in the [Dhofar](/source/Dhofar) governorate, in southwestern [Oman](/source/Oman). In 2020, the town had a population of 9,886, while the wilayat as a whole had a population of 16,364.<ref>{{Cite web |title=eCensus Portal |url=https://ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/?lang=en |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=ecensus.gov.om}}</ref> It was the site of the 1972 [Battle of Mirbat](/source/Battle_of_Mirbat) between Communist guerrillas and the [armed forces of the Sultan of Oman](/source/Sultan_of_Oman's_Armed_Forces) and their British [Special Air Service](/source/Special_Air_Service) advisers.

Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of [frankincense](/source/frankincense) in ancient times, to places as far away as China.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&q=According+to+Li+Xun%2C+frankincense+originally+came+from+Persia.92+Laufer+refers+to+the+Xiangpu+fftff+by+Hong+Chu+%5C%25Ws+%28%3F&pg=PA130 |access-date=December 26, 2011|title=Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road: From the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea|year=2010|series=East Asian Economic and Socio-cultural Studies – East Asian Maritime History|volume=10|author=Ralph Kauz|editor=Ralph Kauz|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |page=130|isbn=978-3-447-06103-2|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Mirbat also houses the mausoleum of Bin Ali.

== See also ==
{{wikivoyage|Mirbat}}
* [Battle of Mirbat](/source/Battle_of_Mirbat)

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Mirbat
|North     = 
|Northeast = [Saadha](/source/Saadha)
|East      = [Saadha](/source/Saadha)
|Southeast = 
|South     = ''[Arabian Sea](/source/Arabian_Sea)''
|Southwest = 
|West      = [Taqah](/source/Taqah)
|Northwest = [Taqah](/source/Taqah)
}}
{{Dhofar Governorate}}

Category:Mirbat
Category:Populated places in Dhofar
Category:Populated coastal places in Oman

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