Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient City of Qalhat' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Ibn Battuta visited the city in the 14th century,[1] noting that it had "fine bazaars and one of the most beautiful mosques." | WIKI |
| [2] Zheng He visited the city in the 15th century, referring to it as xe5x8axa0xe5x89x8cxe5x93x88 (Mandarin: jia-la-ha; Cantonese: gaa-laat-haa). | WIKI |
| By 1507 when it was captured by Afonso de Albuquerque on behalf of the Portuguese Empire, the city was already in decline as trade shifted to Muscat. | WIKI |
| Very little remains of the ancient city, save for the now dome-less mausoleum of Bibi Maryam. | WIKI |
| Recently, a research conducted by geoarchaeologists of the University of Bonn conclude that earthquake activity along the most prominent structural element, the Qalhat Fault, is a plausible reason for the decline of the medieval city. | WIKI |
| [1] The ancient city became a World Heritage site in 2018. | WIKI |
| The city was an important port on the sea of Oman along the East Arabian Coast, which allowed for trade with the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean and hence functioned as a trade centre between India and through it East and South East Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. | UNESCO |
| The archaeological site of Qalhat provides physical evidence of these interchanges, documenting the architectural features which indicate its own produce, dates, Arabian horses as well as spices and pearls but also integrating the multi-cultural features of a medieval cosmopolitan city, with houses influenced by the needs of their various owners and inhabitants of foreign cultural origin. | UNESCO |
| The ancient city also includes a number of highly representative buildings which were references in narratives authored by historic travellers. | UNESCO |
| All key components of the Ancient City of Qalhat lie within the property boundaries, which include the entirety of the intra-muros city and the structures immediately outside the city wall. | UNESCO |