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Bahla Fort, the Glossary

Bahla Fort (translit) is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the Jebel Akhdar highlands in Oman and was the country's first UNESCO-listed fort added in 1987.^[1]

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Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn

The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of beehive tombs or necropolis from the Hafit period in the 3rd Millennium BC, located near a palm grove in Oman. Bahla Fort and Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn are Archaeological sites in Oman and world Heritage Sites in Oman.

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Bahla

Bahla (Bahlāʿ) is a town, located 40 km away from Nizwa, and about 200 km from Oman's capital Muscat which lies in the Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate of Oman. Bahla Fort and Bahla are world Heritage Sites in Oman.

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Frankincense

Frankincense, also known as olibanum, is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae.

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Jebel Akhdar (Oman)

The Jebel Akhdar Mountains (lit) is a mountain range approximately long and wide, that is part Hajar Mountains in Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate of Oman.

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Nabhani dynasty

The Nabhani dynasty (or Nabhanids; أسرة بني نبهان ʾusrat banī nabhān), members of the Bani Nabhan family, also referred to as the Sultans of Sohar, were rulers of Oman from 1154 until 1624, when the Yaruba dynasty took power.

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Oman

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in West Asia.

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Soumyen Bandyopadhyay

Soumyen Bandyopadhyay is an architect and architectural historian at Liverpool University where he was head of department and holds the Sir James Stirling Chair in Architecture.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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