Symposium on Omani personality

Energy Wednesday 09/May/2018 22:53 PM
By: Times News Service
Symposium on Omani personality

Muscat: An international symposium on the Omani Al Muhallab Ibn Abi Sufra kicked off at Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat on Wednesday under the patronage of Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al-Rowas, Advisor of His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs.
The symposium was organised by Nizwa University, represented by Al Khalil bin Ahmed Al Farahidi Centre for Arab and Humanitarian Studies. Elite academics and historians from Oman, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt took part in the symposium, which tackled three themes. The historic theme touched on Al Muhallab and the Al-Muhallab family in Arab, Omani and foreign sources. The literary theme addressed the Al-Mahalibah family and what is said in their praise and their scientific production, while the archaeological theme studied the archaeological landmarks of the Al-Mahalibah family in Oman.
The symposium was aimed at emphasising that Al Muhallab is an Omani figure and representing him through old historic and literary resources and references, besides highlighting the roles of his ancestors in Oman, Hejaz and Iraq.
It also aimed at highlighting the major military and political role of Al-Muhallab and studying the historic roles of Al-Mahalibah in Iraq, Oman, Africa and Gorgan, as well as identifying archeological landmarks of Al-Mahalibah in the wilayat of Adam in the Sultanate.
Al Muhallab is an Omani Arab hero, who excelled in politics and war. He was a first-class military man who had become Wali of Khorasan and saved Basra from sedition, and that is why it was called “Basra of Al Muhallab”, after him.