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Figure 2. Coast cities of Dhofar Governorate with the area where the buildings
are located [Насеља на обали и зона у којој су снимљени објекти]

LITERATURE REVIEW

The traditional houses of the Jeballi people have not yet been explored in
published research. Studies on urban traditional architecture exist as part of a
book, specifically as one chapter on several urban settlements in the Dhofar
Governorate [Damlūjī, 1998].
One major work addresses traditional architecture in Oman broadly but
omits discussion of the Jeballi house. Historical documentation includes
travelogues that partially describe Dhofar [Hansman, 1985; General Staff, 1917;
Bidwell, 1978; Costa and Kite, 1985; Marshall, 1994]. The travelogue “In the
Land of Frankincenseˮ describes in detail the traditional architecture and way
of life of the Gebali people, as well as the architecture of the settlements of
Salalah, Mirbat, Taqa, and Rakyut in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman [Kuzović, 2025].
Literature covering some archaeological sites and preserved monuments
[Agius, 1999; Beeston, 1976; Hardy-Guilbert, 2001; Hardy-Guilbert, 2005;
Haeser, 2000; Hillenbrand, 1994]. Societal and cultural analysis have to be
mentioned [Al-Qasimi, 1996; Al-Salimi et al., 2008; Clements, 1994; Costa, 1983;
Dinterman, 1993; Düster and Scholz, 1980; Ettinghausen et al., 2001; Hansman,
1985; Hardy-Guilbert, 2001; Hardy-Guilbert, 2005; King and Stevens, 1973;
Landen, 1967; Miles, 1966; Phillips, 1967] offer insights on Oman tradition, but
not specifically the Jeballi house.
Recent articles by N. Benkari [Benkari and AlHashim, 2015; Benkari,
2015a; Benkari, 2015b; Benkari, 2017a; Benkari, 2017b; Benkari, 2018] and
papers exploring relationships between traditional and contemporary
architecture [El-Arifi, 1986; Abdul Majid et al., 2018; Abdul-Wahab and Lea,