The village of Al Aqur is encircled by a wall which integrates the Nizwa Fort. The village was a social, political and religious center of the interior, or al-Dakhaliyah region, particularly for the al-Ya’ariba Imamate which was in power from approximately the 16th - mid 18th century. The village developed around the Friday Mosque with aflaj (water channels) irrigating palm gardens enmeshed in the urban fabric of the village, rather than running along edges of arable land as is common in other nearby villages. It is encircled by an earthen, masonry wall of approximately two kilometers in length; restoration of approximately 700 meters of the wall took place between 2020 and 2024. There are four gates and several towers along the course of the wall, the tallest of which is nearly thirteen meters high.

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