Event Buraimi War

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Was an armed conflict of Saudi Arabia against Oman and the Trucial States over the control of the Buraimi oasis.

Chronology

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  • August 1952: On 31 August 1952, a group of some 80 Saudi Arabian guards, 40 of whom were armed, led by the Saudi Emir of Ras Tanura, Turki bin Abdullah Al Otaishan, crossed Abu Dhabi territory and occupied Hamasa, one of three Omani villages in the oasis.
  • October 1955: The Trucial Oman Levies quickly took the oasis and captured all fifteen of the Saudi contingent.