Dapper's  panorama,    which  appears  to  incorporate  an  amount  of  conjecture,
shows  what  one  can  only  assume  to  be  Qal'a  Taiyar  as  a  rectangular  building,    al-
most square,    with  sloping  walls  surmounted  by  a  parapet  containing  four  embrasures
on  the  east  and  west  sides  and  three  on  the  north  and  south.    This  picture  shows
the  fort  to  have  been  built  of  mud -brick  covered  with  white  plaster  and  to  have
measured  approximately  34  feet  square  and  16  feet  high.    In  this  panorama  the
fort  is  called  the  harbor  fort.    This  description  is  far  removed  from  that  of  Van
den  Broecke,    who  states  that  the  fort  (the  little  round  castle)    was  round  and
built  of  blue  freestone.    La  Roque  gives  no  details  of  the  fort  except  to  imply  that
both  Qal'a  Taiyar  and  Qal'a  Abdurrab  existed  and  were  flying  the  Yemeni  flag.
Dapper  says  that  the  South  Fort  was  square  and  strongly  defended.
