Al Maamoura Palace | |
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قصر المعمورة العامر | |
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General information | |
Type | Palace |
Town or city | Salalah |
Country | Oman |
Coordinates | 17°03′35″N 54°14′00″E / 17.05985°N 54.2334034°E |
Owner | Sultan of Oman |
Al Maamoura Palace ( Arabic: قصر المعمورة العامر Qaṣr al-Maamoura al-Amer) is the Sultan of Oman's residence in Maʽmurah just outside of Salalah. [1] The palace is surrounded by extensive gardens with a falaj running through the grounds. [2]
During the Dhofar War, it was occupied by rebels for a short time and then housed an artillery battery. [3]
Sultan Said bin Taimur began the farm adjacent to Al Maamoura Palace to figure out how to grow tropical and sub-tropical fruits in the Dhofar region. [4] It is now under the jurisdiction of the office of Royal Court Affairs. In March 2024, they announced that specialists at the farm cultivated a new type of banana plant called the Razat Banana that is a subspecies of the Williams Cavendish banana. [5]