This fort was built at the time of the late Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, and it features a yard overlooking seven large rooms and a well, used in drinking water, in addition to a guard's tower.
The fort was surrounded by palm trees irrigated by the old Al Manama Falaj (man-made water channels) that emanates from mountain tops relying on water supplied by rain fall. Ideally located in mountainous areas and valleys where high underground water levels was used to irrigate farms.
Based on His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Ajman and Member of the UAE Supreme Council instruction AlMaerre fort has been changed to AlManama museum on the second of December 2012
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