This study presents recent findings on the famous city wall of Bahla in Central Oman. A
previously unstudied register housed under the title Al-Sur al-Müi¿ (The Encircling Wall) in
the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in Muscat provides unique insight into the management and
maintenance of the wall during the years 1967-1977 right on the eve of the rapid and pervasive
process of state modernisation initiated under Sultan Qaboos.
