2024

KHATIRI PALACE

Monuments to visit

Originally this fort, built in 1873 of clay bricks, was a military barracks before being completely overhauled in an Anglo-Indian colonial genus. It is 34 metres high and consists of 90 pieces. Today, he divides between a museum and a library. Access to the upper terrace is permitted. On the ground floor, a first room displays the archaeological parts of the Rayboun excavations. In the second part, lintels and carved wood are discovered, a mihrab of the Doan parka and funeral stelas. On the floor, a photo exhibition of 1930 shows the cities of Hadramawt and the first car introduced in that region by the Al Kaf family. A room is reserved for the Sultanat Sultanate. It shows bank notes and a stamped passport from the British protectorate. Later are jewellery, clothing, traditional crafts and medicinal plants. It also exposed the ornaments and emblems of the ancient Sultanates of Kathiria and Quayti. In front of the museum, there is a white dome under which Ba-Maqrama is buried, and a green dome that houses the tomb of Al-Ibsha.

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