List of wars involving Oman

This is a list of wars involving the Sultanate of Oman and its predecessor states.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Battle of Julfar (752) Imamate of Oman Abbasid Caliphate Defeat

Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)

Omani Empire

Portuguese Empire

Omani victory
1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain
(1717)

Omani Empire

Safavid Empire

Omani victory
  • Omani Empire ended the Safavid rule over Bahrain
Saudi invasion of Qatar Diriyah Defeat
  • Incorporation of Qatar into First Saudi State
Oman–Zanzibar war

(1784)

Omani Empire

Local forces from Zanzibar, Mombasa and Pemba Island

Victory
  • Defeat of rebels

Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 (1819)

United Kingdom

Supported by Omani Empire

Ras Al Khaimah

British victory
Bani Bu Ali expedition (1820–21) Bani Bu Ali tribe Victory
  • Bani Bu Ali defeated
Muscat rebellion (1913-1920)

British Empire
Muscat and Oman

Imamate of Oman
Supported by:
German Empire (1915-1918)

Stalemate
Buraimi dispute

(1952–1955)

Trucial Emirates

British Empire
Supported by
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Aden Protectorate

Saudi Arabia
Supported by

  • Al Bu Shamis tribe
  • Na'im tribe
Decisive Trucial Oman Scouts victory
Arab Cold War

(19521991)


Arab Federation (1958)


Supported by:

Federation of Arab Republics
Arab Islamic Republic


United Arab States (1958–1961)


Supported by:
Inconclusive
Jebel Akhdar War
(1954–1959)

Sultanate of Muscat
United Kingdom

Imamate of Oman
Supported by:
Republic of Egypt
Saudi Arabia

Muscati victory
  • Defeat of the Imamate of Oman
  • 2073, 2238 and 2302 'Question of Oman' resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly
  • Dissolution of the Imamate of Oman
Dhofar Rebellion
(1963–1976)
Omani-British-Iranian victory
Gulf War
(19901991)

 Iraq

Coalition victory
Operation Ocean Shield

(2009–2016)

NATO

Non-NATO:

Somali pirates

Allied victory