Al-Ḵābūra

Al-Khaburah is a coastal settlement on Oman's Batinah plain, near the mouth of Wadi al-Hawasinah. Its mud-brick fort has a round tower and a rectangular one; inside were rooms for guards, provisions and the governor. Beside the fort, the old seafront market served people from the coast and from villages along Wadi al-Hawasinah. Caravans followed the valley towards the inland country of al-Dhahirah.