Brand New Villa for Sale in Jalfar Ras AL khaimah

Description

The Property:

– Bedrooms : 3 Bedroom + 1 Maidroom
– Bathroom : 5 Bathrooms
– Kitchen : Indoor Kitchen
– Installed Split Air Condition
– Views : Mountain View
– Lease hold

Payments :
Cash Price : AED 900,000.00
Agency Fee : 2% of the Sale Price

Shimal is the name of a settlement in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is associated with the Shihuh tribe of the Northern UAE and Oman and with the foundation of the Islamic era port of Julfar, and was once the seat of the Ruler of Julfar. It is also the location of an important archaeological site dating back to the Umm Al Nar culture (2,500-2,000 BC).

Archaeology
Tombs excavated and surveyed at Shimal include both the round Umm Al Nar type and the barrow tombs typical of the ‘Wadi Suq’ era. Grave goods found at Shimal have included large finds of pottery as well as beads and objects providing a link to the Harappan Indus Valley Civilisation.

The burial grounds at Shimal consist of at least 250 graves, some of which have been found to encompass over 300 burials. Many of the tombs were re-used. The nearby site of Seih Al Harf mirrors many of the finds at Shimal.

Sheba’s Palace
Shimal Fort, known locally as ‘Sheba’s Palace’, is an Islamic era fortification connected with the town wall of nearby Julfar, the Islamic era trading port and settlement. It was thought to have been the seat of the Ruler of Julfar. The town wall, running some 7km from the lagoon to the south of present-day Ras Al Khaimah to the mountains, was a 4-5m high defensive structure with watchtowers placed ever 150 metres.

The town wall continued to be an important fortification through until its collapse in the mid-18th Century, while Sheba’s Palace was relegated to the role of refuge fortification[4] (a role also performed by the fort of Dhayah to the North of Shimal, where the final surrender of the Qawasim to the British took place in 1819).