Signing the minutes of the delivery and receipt of the house of Mr. Nader Ben Faisal, Mrs. Mazna Bint Nader, and Abu Dina House, between the National Museum and the Royal Establishments

On Tuesday, 18 Rajab 1440H (corresponding to 26 March 2019), the minutes of the receipt and receipt of the house of Mr. Nader bin Faisal, Mrs. Mazna Bint Nader and Abu Dina House were signed between the National Museum and the Royal Establishments.

The museum is currently seeking to implement the rehabilitation of the house of Mr. Nader bin Faisal Al Said, the house of the Lady of Mazneh bint Nader Al Said and the Abu Dina House to become the three houses after the restoration of an integrated cultural center, highlighting the living styles of the ruling Bousaid family before the dawn of modern Renaissance. The museum will be transformed into an integrated cultural shrine that will be the heart of the National Museum and its starting point. The houses will be completed in the coming years. These houses will become cultural experiences that complement the national museum experience and complement cultural and museum experiences in the historical surroundings of Muscat.

The National Museum has contracted UNESCO`s ICCROM, which is the world`s leading reference authority for the rehabilitation of the world`s architectural heritage, for the implementation of engineering elevations, the preparation of architectural plans for the two houses, the conduct of field research and studies and the development of an integrated plan for architectural rehabilitation. General (2018).

The house of Mr. Nader bin Faisal is one of the most prominent houses of the Bosaid family in Muscat. It dates back to the first third of the 19th century. The house derives its name from the last name of its residence: Mr. Nader bin Faisal bin Turki Al Busaidi, Faisal al-Busaidi, the first prime minister in the history of the Sultanate of Oman and Muscat since 1920. After the death of Mr. Nader in 1970, the house was briefly used as ministerial offices, then became a museum, and then contained administrative offices belonging to the Royal installations. Owned by the National Museum.

The house of Mrs. Mazna Bint Nader was the house where a number of the owners and wives of the Highness, members of the ruling family.

The school belongs to Muhammad Ali Abu Dina, who was a Palestinian delegation to the Sultanate under the reign of Sultan Taymor bin Faisal Al Busaidi. He taught at Zawawi School. In this school, the girls participated in receiving the flag with the boys in a rented house in Muscat For this purpose, the school continued its activities starting in 1914, and was studying the materials of the Holy Quran, Arabic language, history, geography and arithmetic ...