Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: fort

A scan from a print of an old colour slide that I took sometime in 1966/67, showing part of the Old Fort in Doha, Qatar (Middle East). Wish I had more (and better!) photos from our six months' stay in Doha, from the end of 1966 to the beginning of 1967. I don't have a lot of photos taken during that time, but thankfully have enough to bring back some memories. This city and the desert outside it, was where I learned to drive, in a little red Mini : ) I still have more photos taken in Doha that I need to post as soon as possible - time is running out for this project.

Rustaq (or Rostaq) was once the capital of Oman. Rustaq fort, built four centuries prior to the dawn of Islam in Oman, is an imposing structure built on three levels, containing separate houses, an armoury, a mosque and four towers. My photo was taken in 1977 - in more recent times, the fort has been renovated. I'm glad I had the chance to see it in its original condition, but renovations were necessary to keep it standing.

This was the village of Nakhl in Oman on 17th March 1977. Scanned from an old photo.

I know this is a very typical view overlooking part of the city of Muscat. Scanned from an old photo taken around 1977. I see from photos that the Sultan's palace is much more colourful now! I would imagine that the whole area must be far more built up, too.

This is a scan of a view in Muscat, Oman, from a photo that I took in March 1975. The mosque was called the New Mosque, though its name may have changed since then. One of the two forts in Muscat, overlooking the harbour.

One of the two spectacular forts "protecting" Muscat's harbour. "The forts of Al Jalali and Al Mirani are the capital's most prominent landmarks and were built in the 16th century AD. The Portuguese completed their construction of Jalali Fort in 1587. Its present-day form dates from the reign of Sayyid Said bin Sultan, and this Fort was restored and converted into a museum in the reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said." (Taken from www.omanet.om) . Scanned from an old photo taken in March 1975.