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Qasr Al Hosn is the oldest standing structure in Abu Dhabi, with origins dating to a circular watchtower built around 1761 to defend the freshwater well that first attracted Bani Yas tribal settlement to the island. The original tower was expanded into a small fort during the 1790s by Sheikh Shakhbut bin Dhiyab Al Nahyan, and grew progressively under successive rulers into the white-walled Inner Fort that became the seat of Al Nahyan family governance and residence of Abu Dhabi's rulers until 1...