Materials Stone | Address Muscat, Oman | |
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Similar Fort Al Jalali, Al Alam Palace, Bait al Zubair, Sultan Qaboos Grand Mo, Bahla Fort | ||
Al mirani muscat oman
Fort Al-Mirani is a fort in the harbour of the city of Muscat, Oman.
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History
In the 1552 Capture of Muscat, an Ottoman force consisted in 4 galleons, 25 galleys, and 850 troops attacked the city of Muscat. They captured the city and its fort. The recently built Fort Al-Mirani was besieged for 18 days with one piece of Ottoman artillery brought on top of a ridge. The fort was captured and its fortifications destroyed.
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