Bayt al-Falaj
Bayt al-Falaj | |
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Capital area suburb | |
  Bayt al-Falaj Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 23°36′N 58°33′E / 23.600°N 58.550°E | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Governorate | Muscat Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time) |
Bayt al-Falaj is a village in Muscat, in northeastern Oman.[1] It was the site of Muscat's airport and main operating base for the country's air force (which opened in 1929),[2] prior to the opening of Muscat International Airport at Seeb in 1973.[3]
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It is also the location of the Sultan's Armed Forces Museum inside the old fort, built by the sultan Said bin Sultan in 1845.[4] The fort had been the Headquarters of the sultan's Armed Forces up until the 1970s.[5]
The office of Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi, Minister Responsible For Defence Affairs is located in a new headquarters complex in Bayt al-Falaj camp;[6] as well as the SAF Command and Staff College.[7]
The offices of the Royal Navy of Oman's Oman National Hydrographic Office is also based in Bayt al-Falaj.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 12 May 2011.
- ^ Peterson, J. E. (2013). Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy, Redesigning Force Posture. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567025. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Airport History". Oman Airports Management Company. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "Office of The Chief of Staff#Sultan Armed Forces". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Worrall, James J. (2013). State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. XVII. ISBN 9781848856349. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Oman Yellow Pages MoD". www.omantel-yellowpages.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Command and Staff college about csc". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "OMAN NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE Contact US". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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