THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS ON DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN IN LIGHT OF SELECTED MODELS

Abstract

This research deals with the impact of the development of the military armament system on the castles and forts of the Sultanate of Oman. With the use of cannons and rifles instead of the throwing weapons that were commonly used in previous eras, the firing holes in the walls and towers took forms commensurate with these weapons, as the openings of the guns became narrow from the inside and widened From the outside, in contrast to the plan of the slots for the arrows, in order to give enough movement to the barrel of the cannon, and the upper openings in the towers that were prepared for the guns have become a small circular shape that allows only movement for the barrel of the gun, and this is what we see evident in many architectural models In the Sultanate of Oman in general for the buildings that accompanied the emergence of these weapons.v