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Tarout castle
قلعة تاروت
The north part of the castle, September 2016
Location
Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia
History
Founded
5th millennium BCE-16th century AD
Site notes
Condition
Partly destroyed
Fort Tarout or Tarout Castle (Arabic: قلعة تاروت) is a historic castle located at the top of a hill in the center of Tarout Island, eastern Saudi Arabia. The base at which the castle was built on goes back to 5000 BC.[1] The castle itself was built on the base of an old pre-Islamic temple, that was dedicated to Astarte, during the Uyunid Emirate (1076–1253 AD). Other researchers believe that it was built in the 16th century between 1515 and 1520 AD during Portuguese invasion of Persian Gulf and was one of their dereferense point, after they restored it on 24 March 1544.[2]
Tarout Castle was originally built during the rise of Dilmun civilization and dedicated to the worship of Mesopotamian goddesses, such as Ashtar, which the name Tarout is derived from. The fort dates back to 5,000 years ago, with many inscriptions found in it as well as the Mesopotamian God's statues. Invaded by the Portuguese in the 16th century, they took it as a military base, and was later left in ruins. It has an oval-shaped irregular inner plan that has a total area of no more than 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft), surrounded by a wide wall constructed with sea mud, gypsum and Fourosh rocks. It had 4 towers, in total, and one was destroyed during a battle.[3]
The fort is located on a hill in the centre of Tarout Island; the hill is the highest feature on the island. There used to be a spring beside the castle called "Ayyin Aloudda" (the old spring) which was the main source of water for the Island.
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^الأنصاري، جلال بن خالد الهارون - 24 / 3 / 2011م العدد (60) Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine - مجلة الواحة
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