Fujairah Fort
Fujairah Fort (
Wahhabists.[2]
Location
The fort is located about 2 km from central modern Fujairah in the old Fujairah region, on a small rocky hill which reaches 20 meters high. It is around 1 km away from the coast.[1][3][4]
Architecture and history
The fort is part of a complex with several old houses and a
British Navy destroyed three of the towers in 1925 during an action enforcing British anti-slavery policy.[2][5] The bombardment was by HMIS Lawrence,[6] resulting in the recovery of a fine of 1,500 rupees from the sheikh. The fort was restored by the Fujairah Administration of Antiquity and Heritage during 1997/2000 using the same materials with which it was built.[7]
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Inside the main courtyard -
One of the watchtowers from the courtyard -
Staircase to the roof in one of the watchtowers
See also
- Fujairah Museum, nearby
- Sakamkam Fort, to the north
References
- ^ a b قلاع وحصون الفجيرة صورة من الماضي الجميل. Al-Khaleej. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Ghazal, Rym (11 December 2010). "Fujairah Fort opens to public to reveal the pivotal role it played in nation's past". The National.
- ^ "Fujairah Fort Fact File". Gulf News. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "The Fujairah Fort". www.uaeeastcoast.com. UAE: East Coast Tourism. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Matthew S Hopper. Imperialism and the Dilemma of Slavery in Eastern Arabia and the Gulf, 1873 - 1939. Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction 30, no. 3 (2006): 76-94.
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- ^ قلعة الفجيرة Archived 2019-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. National Registry of Archaeological Sites. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
External links
Media related to Fujairah Fort at Wikimedia Commons
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