Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab Palace Fort
Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab Al Faihani Palace, or Al Faihani Palace, is an archaeological palace next to a fort known as Darin Fort. It is in the village of Darin on Tarut Island in Qatif Governorate in eastern Saudi Arabia. The fort was restored by Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab Al Faihani between 1884 and 1885, after which it became known by his name. The palace and its annexes stand in the middle of the curve of the coast south of Darin, and include several facilities and annexes: a group of rooms, storerooms, majlis rooms and a rear courtyard. Its walls include a series of arches designed in the Islamic Abbasid style, and its total area with its annexes is about 8,000 square metres. The palace and its annexes sit in the middle of the village of Darin on a large rise near sea level, between Al Hawta and the Eastern district. To the south it is bordered by a small mosque on a rocky rise that slopes gradually until it meets the sea directly at Darin port; to the east by a group of houses and then Darin Grand Mosque; to the north by an open square; and to the west by an abandoned house. The hill on which the fort stands consists of accumulated sedimentary layers, each representing a different period of time. Darin Fort took on great historical value during the First and Second Saudi States and also in the Ottoman period, but together with the palace annexes it has become ruins and heaps of stones as its walls collapsed onto one another, and only its foundations remain.
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