الإفلاج في سلطنة عمان

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Water is essential for life and is an important requirement for the survival of all living beings , and in the Quran says (Made from water every think living) , authorized water lifeline flowing and upon which the cultures of nations and flourished , and wrestled peoples in order to keep this important resource for survival , and a variety of ways and means used by human beings to retain this precious resource Some of them digging the earth to get to this resource by different means and some of them moved to the vicinity of the waterway to live in his shadow and some of them kept the water in the tanks until needed and others have devised ways of engineering to extract water from the earth and the preservation of its neighbors and take advantage of high-level scientific manner known as Aflac system.

Since the dawn of history , including the Arabs realized the value of Omani waters for the survival of life and sustain thousands of years ago .

They are the sons of the desert Arabs are aware of the importance of water , forcing them to actually build dams , for example, Lakeside Marib in Yemen and the Barada River divided into seven rivers for the purpose of this whole Watering and Irrigation Engineering evidence of Arab and Islamic asset application.

Then Omanis unique system civilized through the generations , a system Aflac as the most important water system in the Arabian Peninsula and the thousands of years since being linked to human life in Oman.

The system of Aflac in Oman is not just a way of historical irrigation methods and rationalize the use of water resources , but is socially integrated system for the regulation of relations between this vital water resource and among its beneficiaries , which is a safety valve for the community in various denominations and sects.