Moghuyeh Castle

Fort of the Marazigh, or Moghuyeh Castle, or the castle of Sheikh Sultan al-Marzouqi: the date of its original construction is unknown. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmad bin Rashid al-Marzouqi ruled between the years (1348 _ 1370) AH, and it appears that the castle's construction date is much older than this. It is believed that the founder of the castle was (Sheikh Rashid bin Hussein bin Muhammad bin Salman al-Marzouqi), and Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmad completed the construction later. It is also said that "Sheikh Suleiman bin Muhammad bin Suleiman bin Muhammad al-Marzouqi", who ruled the country between the years (1245 _ 1280) AH, was the one who began building the castle.

Machine-translated from “حصن المرازيق” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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