Stock photography, photos: The Arab Fort - Zanzibar, Tanzania Stock photos of The Arab fort is one of the few stone buildings that Seyyid Said found in 1829, on his arrival on Zanzibar. It stands on the site occupied circa 1710 by a ruined Portuguese church and residential quarters which were converted by the Arabs into a primitive fort for the town garrison. The fort was unsuccessfully attacked by Mazrui Arabs from Mombasa in 1754. The Fort has a quadrilateral plan with circular towers at its corners and interconnecting defense walls. The original fortified entrance gate facing the sea was replaced in 1949. The beautifully carved Arab door, at the main entrance, was formerly in a house belonging to Sultan Seyyid Khaled bin Mohammed. It has two small subsidiary doors, cut into the two larger door sections, for the use of children. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar, island, fort, arab fort