function getEnglishText_Castle()
{
	title = "BAIT AL QAID";
	
	text = "<p>The 'Qaid' (pronounced [qa-id]), or captain of the guard, lived in this building with his family.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_Courtyard()
{
	title = "CENTRAL COURTYARD";
	
	text ="<p>This large central courtyard would of course be used for many purposes. There is a large well on the far side, ";
	text+="an animal such as a bull would have been used to work the pulley and raise large amounts of water. ";
	text+="A canal would carry water under the fort walls to the village outside.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_door()
{
	title = "SABAH DOOR";

	text = '<a href="objects/sabahdoor.html" target="_blank"><img style="float: left;" src="images/objects/sabah_door.png"  border="0" /></a>';

	
	text+= "<p>This is the main entrance to the fort, leading to 'Al-Sabah' ('The Morning'), the fort's entrance hall. ";
	text+="As such the doorway was called 'Madkhal Al-Sabah', or 'The Morning Entrance'.</p>";

	text+="<p>The door itself carries an inscription which states 'This door was built in the time of Bel Arab bin Sultan', who ruled in the 18th century.</p>";

	text+="<p>In the roof in front of the door is a hole that defenders could use to pour boiling oil, water or honey on attackers.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_entranceHall()
{
	title = "AL-SABAH";
	
	text ="<p>In most Omani forts there is an entrance hall which would be called 'Al Sabah', or 'The Morning', so named because they would be opened in the ";
	text+="morning and closed in the evening.</p>";

	text+="<p>According to some sources the entrance hall in Bahla may have been used as a form of public hall, attended by the govenor and/or a judge ";
	text+="who would hold court and settle disputes. The alcoves provided seating for soldiers.</p>";

	text+="<p>Unlike anywhere else in the fort, the walls are built of rock and sarooj coated with gypsum plaster. ";
	text+="The windows are slanted downwards to allow sunlight in, which is neccessary as the outer wall is around two meters thick.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_wellcome()
{
	title = "Please enjoy exploring";
	
	text ="<p>The <strong>arrow keys</strong> can be used to move and turn.</p>";
	text+="<p>Hold down the <strong>left mouse button</strong> over a viewer screen to control the view.</p>";
	text+="<p>Click on 'Teleport' to move directly to a specific spot.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_mosque()
{
	title = "MOSQUE";
	
	text = "<p>The Great Mosque is situated to the south of the fort. The mosque has it's own share of history, ";
	text+="including various writings on the walls and pillars including a date written in ink that goes back to 1133AD / 528AH.</p>";

	text+="<p>Excavations in the mosque have revealed the remains of a minaret made of tiles and baked bricks, and a collection of over 200 silver coins, including rare ";
	text+="coins minted during the reign of Imam Al-Khalil bin Shathan(407-425AH / 1016-1033AD). This collection became know as 'Kanz Bahla', or the 'Bahla Treasure'. ";
	text+="Two types of coins found have never been seen before. The foundations of a smaller building was walso found, which is believed to be either the remains ";
	text+="of an earlier smaller mosque or even a pre-Islamic temple.</p>";

	text+="<p>The mosque features a hand-made gypsum plaster mihrab (a niche in the wall that indicates the direction of prayer), which is uncommon. Suprisingly, ";
	text+="the designs used in this mihrab have only been seen in one other place in the world; Hamadan in Iran.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_sultanRoom()
{
	title = "SIBLAT AL-MAKHAREEM";
	
	text = "<p>This meeting room was named after a tribe called the Makhareem, as the govenor would meet them in this room when they would visit the fort.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_tower()
{
	title = "BAIT-AL-HADITH";
	
	text ="<p>This building was called 'Bait Al-Hadith', or 'The New House', and is believed to be the newest building in the fort, ";
	text+="dating back to the 19th century AD / 13th century AH. It served as the home for the govenor and his family.</p>";

	text+="<p>There are two wells inside, which are accessible from washrooms with basins built into the structure of the rooms.</p>";

	text+="<p>The attached tower is called 'Burj Al-Hadith' ('The New Tower'), and is unusual in that it square.</p>";

	text+="<p>The topmost room has a special place in Omani history, as it was used to host a the first meeting between his Royal Highness the Sultan ";
	text+="Qaboos bin Said and the local tribal leaders in 1972.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_walls()
{
	title = "SITTING ROOM";
	
	text ="<p>This room was originally used as a sitting room, when it was called 'Sablat Barghash' (a 'sablat' is a sitting room or meeting room), ";
	text+="named after Wali Barghash. Later it was used as a prison and became known as 'Sablat Al-Mahabise' ('mahabise' means 'prisoners'). ";
	text+="Prisoners may have been tied or chained to stakes in the ground, although it's possible that they were simply locked in the room.</p>";
}


function getEnglishText_entrance()
{
	title = "OUTER COURTYARD";
	
	text= "<p>The wall and gate surrounding this area were actually built by Sheikh Majid bin Khamis Al-Abri quite late in the fort's history, ";
	text+="to defend the entrance. It is possible that these added defenses became neccessary with the introduction of firearms.</p>";
}

function getEnglishText_fort()
{
	title = "Welcome to our virtual tour of Bahla Fort!";
	
	text = "<p>Bahla is an ancient oasis in the Dakhiliya region of Oman that was famous for it's fertility and it's pottery. ";
	text+= "The entire oasis was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1987, making it the first such site in Oman.</p>";

	text+="<p>The oasis is surrounded by a fortified wall that is over 12km long and wide enough for a man to ride a horse on, which included towers and rooms for soldiers. ";
	text+="Some scholars believe that the wall actually predates the Islamic empire. The wall once enclosed 18 villages and had seven main gates. ";
	text+="The original names of some of these gates are known: Badi, Sayli, Sabah Salim, Al-Bat-ha' and Al-Kharzaban.</p>";

	text+="<p>The Fort itself is believed to have been built by the Al-Nebhan dynasty, which lasted about 500 years(1154-1624 AD / 549-1034 AH). ";
	text+="Some scholars, however, beleive that parts of the fort predate the Islamic empire. The fort continued to be used as the official office of the Wali, ";
	text+="or govenor, until the early 1970's. It sits on a hill at the highest point in the oasis, giving it an excellent view over the whole of Bahla. ";
	text+="There are a total of seven wells inside the fort itself, and in later years three cannons were used for defense.</p>";

	text+="<p><br></p>";

	text+="<p>Please enjoy exporing our virtual version of Bahla fort!</p>";

}