An eternal fort over Azerbaijan's mountains

Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Rumi

The countryside

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

Saadi

Immortal Fort

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.

Rumi

Green slopes surrounding the castle