Qalhat
Sign in to saveQalhāt () is a village in Oman, over 20 km north of Sur. The residential area is to the northwest of Wādī Ḥilm (), and the ruins of the ancient city are located to the southeast. The ancient city is referred to as Calatu by Marco Polo and as Calha in the map of Abraham Ortelius.
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Place details
- Locality
- قلهات
- Region
- محافظة جنوب الشرقية
- Country
- عمان
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qalhāt
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qalhat flickr01.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Oman
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Wilayat
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wilayat of Sur
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 1123
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Ancient City of Qalhat
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Qalhat, mausoleo di Bibi Maryam, xiv secolo, 08.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption
- Bibi Maryam mausoleum
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Sur Province, Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate, Oman
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (ii), (iii)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1537
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- قلهات
- Area
- 170.09
- Image
- Qalhat, mausoleo di Bibi Maryam, xiv secolo, 07.jpg
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- Qalhat
- directions
- 20 km a nord di Sur
- native label
- قلهات
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Article
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- Site description
- World Heritage Site
- Qalhat LNG Terminal
- References
- Further reading
Qalhāt () is a village in Oman, over 20 km north of Sur. The residential area is to the northwest of Wādī Ḥilm (), and the ruins of the ancient city are located to the southeast. The ancient city is referred to as Calatu by Marco Polo and as Calha in the map of Abraham Ortelius.
== Site description == thumb|Sidade de Calaiate depicted in Lázaro Luís' 1563 map of Arabia Marco Polo visited Qalhat in the 13th century, referring to it as Calatu. Ibn Battuta visited the city in the 14th century, noting that it had "fine bazaars and one of the most beautiful mosques." He further noted the mosque was built by Bibi Maryam and included walls of qashani. Bibi Maryam continued to rule Qalhat and Hurmuz after the death of her husband Ayaz in 1311 or 1312. Zheng He visited the city in the 15th century, and his crew called it 加剌哈 (Taihu Wu: ka-la-ha; Hokkien: ka-lat-ha; Cantonese: gaa-laat-haa).
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