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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizv%D0%B0" title="Nizvа – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nizvа" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Нізва – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нізва" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizw%C3%A1" title="Nizwá – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Nizwá" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazv%C3%A1" title="Nazvá – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nazvá" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%DB%8C" title="نزوی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نزوی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%A6%88%EC%99%80" title="니즈와 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="니즈와" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%BE%D5%A1" title="Նիզվա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նիզվա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE" title="निज़वा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="निज़वा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Низва – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Низва" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90" title="ניזווא – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ניזווא" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizva" title="Nizva – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nizva" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ნაზვა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ნაზვა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%89" title="ولايه نزوى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ولايه نزوى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AF" title="ニズワ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ニズワ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizvo" title="Nizvo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Nizvo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizwa" title="Nizwa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizua" 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data-title="Nizwa" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizva" title="Nizva – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Nizva" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Нізва – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Нізва" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%DB%8C" title="نزوی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="نزوی" data-language-autonym="اردو" 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class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nizwa_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nizwa in March 2008"><img alt="Nizwa in March 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nizwa_%287%29.jpg/250px-Nizwa_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nizwa_%287%29.jpg/375px-Nizwa_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nizwa_%287%29.jpg/500px-Nizwa_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4368" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Nizwa in March 2008</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Middle_East_location_map.svg/375px-Middle_East_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Middle_East_location_map.svg/500px-Middle_East_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="160" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.649%;left:67.14%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Nizwa"><img alt="Nizwa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Nizwa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Nizwa (Middle East)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Middle East</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nizwa is located in West and Central Asia"><img alt="Nizwa is located in West and Central Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg/250px-West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg/375px-West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg/500px-West_Asia_non_political_with_water_system.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5948" data-file-height="3836" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.094%;left:62.646%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Nizwa"><img alt="Nizwa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Nizwa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Nizwa (West and Central Asia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of West and Central Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nizwa&params=22_56_N_57_32_E_region:OM_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">57°32′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.933°N 57.533°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.933; 57.533</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Oman" title="Provinces of Oman">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ad_Dakhiliyah_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ad Dakhiliyah Region">Ad Dakhiliyah Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">Absolute monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Haitham bin Tariq Al Said</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,500 km<sup>2</sup> (1,400 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">492 m (1,614 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2008)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">120,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+4">UTC+4</a> (Oman standard time)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nizwa</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">نِزْوَى</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Nizwā</i></span>) is the largest city in <a href="/wiki/Ad_Dakhiliyah_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ad Dakhiliyah Region">Ad Dakhiliyah Region</a> in Oman and was the capital of <a href="/wiki/Imamate_of_Oman" title="Imamate of Oman">Oman proper</a>. Nizwa is about 140 km (87 miles) (1.5 hour drive) from the Omani capital <a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a>. The population is estimated at around 83,544 people. </p><p>Nizwa is one of the oldest cities in Oman, and was once a center of trade, religion, education and art. Its Jama (grand mosque) was formerly a center for Islamic learning. Nizwa acquired its importance because it has been an important meeting point at the base of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hajar_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Hajar Mountains">Western Hajar Mountains</a>. Set amid a verdant spread of date palms, it is strategically located at the crossroads of routes linking the interior with Muscat and the lower reaches of <a href="/wiki/Dhofar_Governorate" title="Dhofar Governorate">Dhofar</a>, thus serving as the link for a large part of the country. Today, Nizwa is a diverse prosperous place with numerous agricultural, historical and recreational aspects. Nizwa is a center for <a href="/wiki/Date_palm" title="Date palm">date</a> growing and is the <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market place</a> for the area. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historians cannot agree on the origins of the name of the city. Some suggest the name was derived from the Arabic verb (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">انزوا</span>) which means being alone. Others say that the city was named after an old water spring.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Oman" title="History of Oman">History of Oman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wajihids" title="Wajihids">Wajihids</a></div> <p>Nizwa was the capital of Oman in the 6th and 7th centuries AD. With its deep connection to the root of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, Nizwa possesses a number of renowned mosques, such as <a href="/wiki/Qaboos_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaboos of Oman">Sultan Qaboos</a> Jama (Friday mosque), So'al Mosque built in the 2nd century AH (9th century AD), Ash-Shawathinah Mosque in Uqr and Ash-Sharja Mosque. There are also Al-Ain Mosque, Ash-Sheikh Mosque and Shuraij Mosque in Tanuf built in 377 AH (around 1000 AD).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A handwritten letter from the <a href="/wiki/Prophets_and_messengers_in_Islam" title="Prophets and messengers in Islam">Islamic Prophet</a> <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_in_Islam" title="Muhammad in Islam">Muhammad</a> in 630 asked the locals of the mountain town of Nizwa to convert. The locals then sent a return delegation to <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a> and embraced Islam. A tutor was sent by <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> to teach the new <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> of Nizwa the fundamentals of the religion.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The explorer <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a> visited in the 14th century, noting Nizwa as "a city at the foot of a mountain, enveloped by orchards and streams, and with fine bazaars and splendid clean mosques."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1950s, the large round tower of the ancient fort built in the center of the town was bombed and rocketed by the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, who were called in to assist the then-reigning <a href="/wiki/Said_bin_Taimur" title="Said bin Taimur">Sultan Said bin Taimur</a> in suppressing a <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Akhdar_War" title="Jebel Akhdar War">revolt</a> by leaders of the interior <a href="/wiki/Imamate_of_Oman" title="Imamate of Oman">Imamate of Oman</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The conflict was driven by a struggle for a share of Oman's newly discovered oil wealth. </p><p>Nizwa has become a more modern city since 1970 under the reign of <a href="/wiki/Qaboos_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaboos of Oman">Sultan Qaboos</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Improvements include connections to Muscat via a two-lane highway, which has increased tourism. Communications have been improved to include broadband access, and the city is home to a substantial hospital. It is also a hub for education including a technical college, College of Applied Sciences, The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nizwa" title="University of Nizwa">University of Nizwa</a>, and the training academy for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Oman_Police" title="Royal Oman Police">Royal Oman Police</a>. There are now many hotels and tourism is promoted in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Oman" title="Geography of Oman">Geography of Oman</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hajar_Mountains" title="Hajar Mountains">Mountains</a> surround Nizwa on every side and there is outstanding mountain scenery close by. Nizwa has an <a href="/wiki/Arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid climate">arid climate</a> under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>. In the winter from November until March the climate is pleasant, with temperatures as low as 12 degrees Celsius in January. In the summer, the climate is hot and dry with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius in July. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Nizwa </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td> <td style="background: #E30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.5<br />(110.3) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td> <td style="background: #FD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.6<br />(106.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0C00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.7<br />(103.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(0.22) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(0.60) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(0.07) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(0.43) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(0.26) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(0.14) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(0.23) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(0.07) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73.3<br />(2.88) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <i>World Meteorological Organization</i> (temperature and rainfall 1999–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Oman" title="Tourism in Oman">Tourism in Oman</a></div> <p>The main tourist attractions in the city are the Nizwa <a href="/wiki/Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort">Fort</a>, the traditional <i><a href="/wiki/Souq" class="mw-redirect" title="Souq">souq</a></i> or market, and the <a href="/wiki/Aflaj_Irrigation_Systems_of_Oman" title="Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman">Falaj Daris</a> irrigation system, which was named a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> in 2006. In the 1990s, the mosque, fort, and souq, which are located next to each other in the city centre, were renovated using traditional materials. In 1993, Nizwa won the award of 'Organisation of Arab Cities'.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nizwa_Fort">Nizwa Fort</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nizwa Fort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nizwa_Fort" title="Nizwa Fort">Nizwa Fort</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nizwa8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nizwa8.jpg/220px-Nizwa8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nizwa8.jpg/330px-Nizwa8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nizwa8.jpg/440px-Nizwa8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Nizwa's fort</figcaption></figure> <p>Nizwa Fort was built in 1668 AD by <a href="/wiki/Sultan_bin_Saif" title="Sultan bin Saif">Imam Sultan Bin Saif Al Ya'rubi</a>, and today is Oman's most visited national monument. The fort was the administrative seat of authority for the presiding imams and walis in times of peace and conflict. The main bulk of the fort took about 12 years to complete and was built above an underground stream. The fort is a reminder of the town's significance through turbulent periods in Oman's long history. It was a formidable stronghold against raiding forces that desired Nizwa's abundant natural wealth and its strategic crossroads location.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nizwa_Souq">Nizwa Souq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nizwa Souq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nizwa_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Nizwa_%282%29.jpg/220px-Nizwa_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Nizwa_%282%29.jpg/330px-Nizwa_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Nizwa_%282%29.jpg/440px-Nizwa_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3365" data-file-height="2244" /></a><figcaption>Nizwa souk</figcaption></figure> <p>The city, famous for its <a href="/wiki/Handicrafts" class="mw-redirect" title="Handicrafts">handicrafts</a> and agricultural products, has an expansive souq with an array of products. It is one of the most important in the country besides <a href="/wiki/Muttrah" title="Muttrah">Muttrah</a>. The souq bustles with vendors selling everything from meat, fish, fruits and vegetables to spices, dates, gold and silverware. Nizwa is renowned for its silver jewelry which is considered to be the best in the country. Its people are masters in making <i><a href="/wiki/Khanjar" title="Khanjar">khanjars</a></i> (curved daggers), recognized for their distinctive style and patterns. They also make copperware, coffee pots, <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">swords</a>, leather goods and <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nizva_fort.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Nizva_fort.jpg/220px-Nizva_fort.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Nizva_fort.jpg/330px-Nizva_fort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Nizva_fort.jpg/440px-Nizva_fort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="944" /></a><figcaption>Nizwa fort</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Falaj_Daris">Falaj Daris</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Falaj Daris"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Aflaj_Irrigation_Systems_of_Oman" title="Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman">Falaj Daris</a>, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the largest <i>falaj</i>, or irrigation system, in Oman. It provides the surrounding countryside with much-needed water for farming. Al Ghantuq and Dhoot are two other important irrigation systems in Nizwa. Farming is widely practiced and the town's immense palm farms stretch for eight kilometers along the course of two <a href="/wiki/Wadi" title="Wadi">wadis</a>, Kalbouh and Al Abiad.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Oman" title="Economy of Oman">Economy of Oman</a></div> <p>Historically, Nizwa was known for producing <a href="/wiki/Mat" title="Mat">mats</a> from <a href="/wiki/Straw" title="Straw">straw</a>. As of 1920, the city was described as having a "thriving" <a href="/wiki/Metalworking" title="Metalworking">metalworking</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero99_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero99-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Oman" title="Education in Oman">Education in Oman</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nizwa" title="University of Nizwa">University of Nizwa</a></li> <li>University of Technology and Applied Sciences</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Oman" title="Transport in Oman">Transport in Oman</a></div> <p>A short drive from Nizwa centre is the old village of Tanuf, known for its seasonal <a href="/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">waterfalls</a>. Waterfalls in Tanuf are unique to the area within the steep mountain sides and the water reservoir.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nizwa is connected to the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">U.A.E.</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Al_Ain" title="Al Ain">Al Ain</a> by road, via the <a href="/wiki/Mezyad,_Al-Ain" title="Mezyad, Al-Ain">Mezyad</a> border post. This road also goes past the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Oman" title="Provinces of Oman">Provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ibri" title="Ibri">Ibri</a> and Dhank.<sup id="cite_ref-GulfNews_05-2013_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GulfNews_05-2013-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Nizwa" title="Category:People from Nizwa">Category:People from Nizwa</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Al-Harrasi" title="Ahmed Al-Harrasi">Ahmed Al-Harrasi</a>, scientist and a professor of organic chemistry at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nizwa" title="University of Nizwa">University of Nizwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arshad_Al-Alawi" title="Arshad Al-Alawi">Arshad Al-Alawi</a>, professional footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkhattab_Alhinai" title="Alkhattab Alhinai">Alkhattab Alhinai</a>, Deputy Chairman of Oman State Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal%27arab_bin_Himyar" title="Bal'arab bin Himyar">Bal'arab bin Himyar</a>, Imam from the <a href="/wiki/Yaruba_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaruba dynasty">Yaruba dynasty</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Oman" title="List of cities in Oman">List of cities in Oman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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London, England: Atlantic. p. 7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84887-009-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84887-009-3"><bdi>978-1-84887-009-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dubai%3A+The+Story+of+the+World%27s+Fastest+City&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=7&rft.pub=Atlantic&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-84887-009-3&rft.aulast=Krane&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdubaistoryofworl0000kran&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANizwa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBattutah2002" class="citation book cs1">Battutah, Ibn (2002). <i>The Travels of Ibn Battutah</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Gulf+News&rft.atitle=Mezyad+Fort+stands+tall+in+the+foothills+of+Jebel+Hafeet&rft.date=2013-05-23&rft.aulast=Kazmi&rft.aufirst=Aftab&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgulfnews.com%2Fuae%2Fmezyad-fort-stands-tall-in-the-foothills-of-jebel-hafeet-1.1187525&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANizwa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Scheerpenzel, E: <i>Oman Then and Now</i> SPB Academic Publishing, 2000.</li> <li>Antonio Farach, Lucille Umali – Times of Oman / Shabiba (2011) "The Great Fort of Nizwa"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nizwa&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output 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