Muscat Buildings

© J.E. Peterson Bayt Nadir in decay (1990s)	© J.E. Peterson Bayt Nadir under restoration (2007)	© J.E. Peterson Bayt al-Mawzinah and Bayt Nadir (1995)	© J.E. Peterson Bayt Faransa in isolation after demolition of surrounding quarter (2007)
© J.E. Peterson Houses in al-Waljat Quarter (1986)	© J.E. Peterson View over roof of British Embassy, now demolished (1986)	© J.E. Peterson Post-1970 reconstructions of Bayt Gharayzah (Greiza) and al-Khawr Mosque (1998)	© J.E. Peterson View of reconstructed Bayt Gharayzah and Bayt Nadir (center left) from Fort al-Mirani (1995)
© J.E. Peterson The American Mission in Muscat (2004)	© Charles R. Butt Carved wooden Zanzibari door with eye of the needle in a side street of Muscat (1969)	© J.E. Peterson Traditional barasti dwellings as existed in Muscat extramuros; these are in Ghallah (1970)

Mosques

© Charles R. Butt al-Khawr Mosque dressed for `Id al-Fitr (1969)	© Charles R. Butt Flooded street near Nasib Khan Mosque (1968)	© J.E. Peterson `Ali Musa Mosque after demolition of surrounding quarter (2007)	© J.E. Peterson al-Zawawi Mosque after reassembly and painting in white in order to remove it from path of ceremonial entrance to al-`Alam Palace (2007)
		© J.E. Peterson Post-1970 reconstruction of al-Wakil Mosque with yet more construction behind it (2007)	© J.E. Peterson The 1990s Sultan Sa`id b. Taymur Mosque in al-Khuwayr (2007)

Qasr al-`Alam Palace (Muscat) © J.E. Peterson The palace under construction (1975)	© J.E. Peterson The finished palace with lawns on reclaimed land from the harbor (1989)	© J.E. Peterson The palace with extensions displacing what had been al-Banyan Quarter (1995)
	© Charles R. Butt The Mall in front of Bayt al-Barza: Sayyid Ibrahim bin Ahmad, Minister of the Interior, taking the royal salute from Lt. Abdullah Sayf during `Id al-Fitr (1968)	© J.E. Peterson The post-1970 Mall (1995)

Bawshar Buildings © Charles R. Butt View of mosque and old house in Fath Al Bu Sa`id (1970)

© Charles R. Butt Mosque with a cannon at Fath Al Bu Sa`id (1970)

© J.E. Peterson Same old house in Fath Al Bu Sa`id (2007)

© Charles R. Butt House of the wali in Bawshar village (1970)

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