Few years back I decided with my friends to go on a trip to Jibrin..This Fort that I have always read about in our school books but didnt have the chance to go to it...
On my way to it (Dakheleya region--Welayat Bahla)
much thoughts were crossing in my mind...
Whats Soo special about Jibrin?...When will we reach?
we shared much talks with each others on the way..
talked much about Bahla...
One of my friends pointed at an OLD Masjid on the side way he said: This building Originaly was NOT here BUT it was Moved by means of (Knowledge ..) he called it :)... creepy eeh? any ways...
Once we reached the Fort...MY fell in love with it and decided that..
if I want a palace to be my home as a dream..this is the one!!!!!
Why???....Read and Enjoy!!!!
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http://www.omantourism.gov.om/Topics/Attractions/images/Castles/Jibrin.jpg
Located in Jibrin town in Wilayat Bahla; Ad-Dakhliyah region, Jibrin Fort resembles a remarkable blend of defensive architecture and sophisticated artistry

it was originally a palace built in 1671 and converted to a fort later. It is said to be the most beautiful fort in Oman, because of its decoration

Bilarab bin Sultan((1091 -1104 A.H) (1680 -1692 A.D.)), son of Nizwa's builder and the third imam of the Ya'ariba, erected the splendid palace of Jabrin in the middle of an expansive inland plain. In the interpretation of Paolo Costa, the square layout of Jabrin palace, with its two towers at opposite corners, surpasses Nizwa by unifying its defensive and residential features. Bilarab, who was known for his benevolence to poets and scholars, endowed Jabrin with a madrasa, or school.

It consists of three floors and fifty-five rooms. It is 43 meters high, 22 meters wide and its eastern wall is 72 meters long. The Castle is penetrated by Falaj Jibrin, which crosses it from the western south to the eastern north .The palace, now completely restored, still guards the tomb of its builder, who died in 1692.


According to another scholar, Eugenio Galdieri, Jabrin shows the artistic influence of Safavid Persia in the design of its plaster grates and its general apportionment of space. The flowing patterns of its painted ceilings, such as the one in the Hall of the Sun and the Moon, echo carpet designs, and offer the finest examples of such painting in all of interior Oman.

OK..heres some pix of this wondeful palace interior...

http://www.flerdle.net/nizwa04/jibrin/IMG_0704.JPG

The above writtings are on the wall in the fort/palace...I asked about it they told me its some sort of a poem...who wrote it??? is it the Imam?? You tell me :)

http://student-www.uchicago.edu/~bfbegy/jibreenhall.jpg
Interior hallway of Jibrin fort...wonderful archetecture!

http://www.flerdle.net/nizwa04/jibrin/IMG_0705.JPG
http://www.flerdle.net/nizwa04/jibrin/IMG_0676.JPG
I love the above!!!! Wonderful








Omanies Were/Are indeed creative and have Much sense of ART!


http://www.flerdle.net/nizwa04/jibrin/IMG_0722.JPG
The above is on the cieling of some of the rooms and halls in the fort.
http://www.flerdle.net/nizwa04/jibrin/IMG_0719.JPG
Sources:
http://www.omantourism.gov.om (http://www.omantourism.gov.om/)
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199101/fortified.oman.htm
http://www.flerdle.net (http://www.flerdle.net/)
http://www.omaninfo.com (http://www.omaninfo.com/)
http://student-www.uchicago.edu/~bfbegy/Omanpics.html

I hope you guys enjoyed !
I know I posted more pix here and this might cause the slow down the upload of this post BUT couldnt help it!!!!!!!!
again any comments are more than welcomed!!!

Ok there is this one story I heard about this fort is that there is one side of the fort thats abit wrecked..and whenever they fix it...the next day it goes back as how it was...

You know...the doing of the sa7araa...


So is it?? didnt they tell you anything about it...??

Wow i love forts... I went to many forts in Oman but sadly not Jibrin ... which is in Bahla if am not mistaken... It is say that this fort is the oldest fort in Oman... as far as i know that this fort was for onbe of the Imams not for the soldiers it was built as a castle for the Imam and his family and in the other ages used as soldiers defence fort... inshllah i'll visit it soon ... :cute:


Thanks Thug for sharring the pictures are amazing! :flower:
cheers

Wow i love forts... I went to many forts in Oman but sadly not Jibrin ... which is in Bahla if am not mistaken... It is say that this fort is the oldest fort in Oman... as far as i know that this fort was for onbe of the Imams not for the soldiers it was built as a castle for the Imam and his family and in the other ages used as soldiers defence fort... inshllah i'll visit it soon ... :cute:


Thanks Thug for sharring the pictures are amazing! :flower:
cheersalways welcomed...
Other than the pictures...
U can read the information I provided above including the name of the IMAM and date of the building....:duh:

Thanx for your input...

what Other forts You visited?

Ok there is this one story I heard about this fort is that there is one side of the fort thats abit wrecked..and whenever they fix it...the next day it goes back as how it was...

You know...the doing of the sa7araa...


So is it?? didnt they tell you anything about it...??well i was not informed by the tourist guide about the crack story SOO got no idea about it?:think:

Well Im from bahla..so my cousins told me about it...!! and there are many stories about it but oh well...I'd want to visit it someday...i think it would be cool ... you know with the right group :D:D

you know with the right group :D:DRight group like witches??? and sa7ara:p ??

Lol...I wish!!!

I heard or was it what I read... can't remember that the workers who made the fort later were executed after building of the fort. I can't remember whether I read that or else was that something I heard from people... elmuhim the fort is really beautiful..and it looks really majestic from inside, i mean something like really well made and held for those times, and masha allah still standing and well maintained!

I heard or was it what I read... can't remember that the workers who made the fort later were executed after building of the fort. I can't remember whether I read that or else was that something I heard from people... elmuhim the fort is really beautiful..and it looks really majestic from inside, i mean something like really well made and held for those times, and masha allah still standing and well maintained!arnt they mixing a known historical story of (SINMAR) the famous Iraqi architect
that was excuted by the king there so he cant build something like his palace again.....WITH an OMANI Story over here?? :p

I dont know ...hard to believe ..After all...its an IMAM we are talking about:Shock:

well i visted Nizwa which is ma home town ... I visted Rustaqs as well its a great Fort its just amazing... I went to Samad alshan and the buliding is just magical... and the best part is the story about the Imams daughter who fell in love with one of the soldiers in that time and her father killed her by barrie her in a wall ... as the gide show us the wall he show us some old hair with dry clay and he says its hers... Gosh the place from inside is great...


These are the places i can remember now but i visited so many cuz my family just loves those kind of stuff.. so as i of course :cute:

P.S Thug i couldnt read the other day the infor just scaned the pictures cuz i was in a hurry but i did today and thanks for them...

and the best part is the story about the Imams daughter who fell in love with one of the soldiers in that time and her father killed her by barrie her in a wall ... as the gide show us the wall he show us some old hair with dry clay and he says its hers...

P.S Thug i couldnt read the other day the infor just scaned the pictures cuz i was in a hurry but i did today and thanks for them...exactly you reminded me of that story!!
the guide also told us about it....
I wonder if its true???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mysterical!!!!:hmm:

Oh yeah..I forgot abt it...yes..I heard about it too...Im sure its true !!!

The story is romantic and sad as well :(

Oh yeah..I forgot abt it...yes..I heard about it too...Im sure its true !!!why so sure???????????:os :mmhmm:

I think I will be heading to it Soon again whenever I get a holiday...I am attached to that palace/fort :)

Fatak did You enter this place :D

why so sure???????????:os :mmhmm:



i just know it is ;)

I went there a couple of years ago, and talked to that Italian dude Galdieri, who is involved with the restoration project. It is being restored in a UNESCO funded project I think.

It's certainly unique in Oman, with all it's Persian influences, especially inside the mosque. I was enchanted by it too.