Taqah

Taqah (Arabic: طاقة‎) is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It is located at about .

Places of interest

• Approx. 2 km after the western entrance to the town there is a mosque. In its cemetery Mazoon al-Mashani, the mother of Sultan Qaboos, is buried. Under identical marble gravestones an uncle and a grandfather of the Sultans are buried.^[1]

See also

• Dhofar Rebellion

References

1. ^ Cf. Plekhanov, Sergey: A Reformer on the Thrones: Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, London: Trident press, 2004, p. 279.

External links

• Oman Observer