Editing Muttrah (section)

== Demographics==
Muttrah had an estimated population of about 8,000 people when diplomat [[Edmund Roberts (diplomat)|Edmund Roberts]] visited in the early 1830s.<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edmund|title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|year=1837|publisher=Harper & Brothers|location=New York|page=361|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7317/view/1/361/}}</ref> The district population was 234,225 as of 2022, down from 234,225 in 2016. It's the most densely populated province in the nation.

The Sūr al-Luwātiyah neighborhood is home to the [[Al-Lawatia|al-Luwātiyah]] tribe, which speaks the [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] [[Luwati language]].<ref name="Luwati">{{Cite journal|last=Ahmed|first=Al-Ismaili|date=2018|title=Ethnic, Linguistic, and Religious Pluralism in Oman: The Link with Political Stability|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.31430/almuntaqa.1.3.0058|journal=Al Muntaqa|volume=1|issue=3 |pages=58–73|jstor=10.31430/almuntaqa.1.3.0058}}</ref> The language and people were first mentioned historically by the Omani historian Ibn Ruzayq. The Luwātiyah appeared to have settled in Oman in waves of immigration from Sindh between 1780 and 1880, bringing the language with them.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Valeri|first=M|title=High Visibility, Low Profile: The Shiʿa in Oman under Sultan Qaboos|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|year=2010|volume=42|issue=2|pages=251–268|doi=10.1017/S0020743810000048|s2cid=163083793}}</ref> They insularized themselves in Sūr al-Luwātiyah, preserving their language.<ref name="Luwati"/> They have worked in the [[incense]] ({{lang|ar|بخور}}), jewelry and clothes businesses as well as in general trade. In the predominantly [[Ibadi Islam|Ibadi]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] arena of Oman, they make up the majority of the local [[Shia Islam|Shia]] population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/oman/articles/whats-so-secret-about-omans-forbidden-city-sur-al-lawatia|title=What's So Secret About Oman's 'Forbidden City', Sur Al Lawatia?|website=Culture Trip|date=8 June 2018 }} </ref>