TRADITIONAL HOUSE OF THE JEBALLI PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF SALALAH CITY, DHOFAR GOVERNORATE, SULTANATE OF OMAN
INTRODUCTION
A small number of countries in the world can boast their own traditional house. All countries that have a significance in modern civilization have already explored and met their own traditional house. Simply, show me your traditional house, and I will tell you what you can do as a community! Knowing traditional architecture is necessary for many reasons: to understand its own architectural history, to understand the processes in architecture (especially in 236 housing), and to understand the needs in order to actively participate in shaping the future. Our obligation is to study and preserve cultural heritage in architecture. In everyday life, it is obvious that there are significant changes in the distribution of the population in the Dhofar region, or in the Sultanate of Oman as a whole. There is an obvious change in the way buildings are built (construction, design, and materials) and in the organization of the house as well. The migration from the old to the new house, or from the village to the city, leads to the abandonment of old buildings. Losing their function, buildings are no longer maintained and disappear quickly. The disappearance of buildings also entails the loss of a significant part of the architectural and cultural heritage. Therefore, it is necessary to complete field research in the shortest possible time, through which the necessary documentation of the traditional house of the Jeballi people has to be collected. Therefore, the main research gap lies in the lack of focused investigation into the traditional house of the Jeballi people. This paper will analyze the traditional houses of the Jeballi people in the area surrounding the city of Salalah in Dhofar Governorate. The houses belong to families from the Jeballi tribe. The documentation collected during 2017 and 2018, consisting of photographs, drawings, and interviews with the owners and builders of the houses, will be analyzed. The cave dwellings, houses, and auxiliary buildings will be analyzed. The goal is to understand the method of the organization of the house, the constructive solutions, and the materials used.
by Dusko Kuzovic (Matica Srpska Journal of Social Sciences, 2026, No.198)