Dhofar Liberation Front
| Dhofar Liberation Front | |
|---|---|
| جبهة تحرير ظفار (Arabic) | |
 | |
| Also known as | DLF |
| Leaders | Musallam bin Nufl, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah |
| Foundation | 26 December 1964[1] |
| Dates of operation | 1965–1968 |
| Active regions | Dhofar |
| Ideology |
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| Slogan | Long Live Dhofar, Arab and Free |
| Allies | |
| Opponents | |
| Wars | Dhofar rebellion |
Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير ظفار) was a communist front that was established to create a separatist state in Dhofar, the southernmost province of Oman, which shared a border with South Yemen.[3] The DLF was established on 26 December 1964 following the merger of the Dhufari Soldiers' Organization and the Dhofar Benevolent Society.[4] Its main aim was to secure funding for the development of the area[5] and to end the rule of the Sultan Said bin Taimur.[6]
The two leadership characters that would be at the core of the front's short history were Musallam bin Nufl and Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.[7][8] They began the Dhofar rebellion against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and were supported by South Yemen after its independence in 1967.[6]
Almost all weapons were supplied through South Yemen, many of the Dhofars went to China to study guerrilla warfare.[9] Оne of the mentors of this party was George Habash, Palestinian founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who was ideologically a Marxist-Leninist and Arab nationalist.
References
- ^ Takriti 2016, p. 67.
- ^ a b Takriti 2016, pp. 70–71.
- ^ UK, National Archives. "FCO 51/41 Dhofar Liberation Front". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Takriti 2016, pp. 66–67.
- ^ Kendall D. Gott (October 2010). U. S. Army and the Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives: The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2008 Military History Symposium. DIANE Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-4379-2380-3. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b John Townsend (1977). Oman: the måking of a modern state. C. Helm. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-85664-446-7. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Valeri, Marc (2009). Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State. Hurst. p. 60. ISBN 9781850659334. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Peterson, J. E. (2013). Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy. Saqi. p. 200. ISBN 9780863567025. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Shamsunahar, Imran (2018-01-12). "The Dhofar War and the Myth of 'Localized' Conflicts". The Strategy Bridge. Retrieved 2025-12-18.