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    Qal'at Bani Hammad (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد), also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad (among other variants), is a fortified palatine...
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    Amman Citadel (redirect from Jabal al-Qal'a)
    9547; 35.9343 The Amman Citadel (Arabic: جبل القلعة, romanized: Jabal Al-Qal'a) is an archeological site at the center of downtown Amman, the capital...
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    Minat al-Qal'a (اشدود; lit. "harbour of the fort") is a medieval coastal fort protecting the port known as Ashdod-Yam (lit. "Ashdod-on-the-Sea"), which...
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    Arabic name of the massive Herodian-Mamluk northeast tower is the Burj al-Qalʾa (برج القلعة, 'Citadel Tower'). During the Early Muslim and Ayyubid periods...
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    became known as "Castellum Beroart". Its contemporary Arabic name is "Minat al-Qal'a", after the Umayyad-era fort that was built at the site and whose ruins...
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    palatial complex from the Umayyad period, located on the Citadel Hill (Jabal al-Qal'a) of Amman, Jordan. Built during the first half of the 8th century, it is...
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    built. There are several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Algeria including Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, the first capital of the Hammadid empire; Tipasa, a Phoenician...
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    made of ashlars, referred to in Arabic as "al-Qal'a" ("the fortress"). In 1870, Guérin excavated al-Qal'a, claiming it matched descriptions of the Tomb...
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    Azotus. A coastal fort "Minat al-Qal'a" (lit. "the port with the castle" in Arabic) was erected by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik, the builder of the Dome...
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    As-Salt (redirect from Al-Salt)
    three hills, close to the Jordan Valley. One of the three hills, Jabal al-Qal'a, is the site of a 13th-century ruined fortress. It is the capital of Balqa...
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    al-qal'a and its diminutive alqual'aya: Alcala de Henares, Alcala la Real, Calahorra, Alcolea del Cinca. (...) Alcazaba: Spanish, from the Arabic al-quasaba...
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  • on the tentative list. The first site in Algeria added to the list was Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, in 1980. The most recent site added was Kasbah of Algiers...
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    Ashir and built a new citadel-capital, Qal'at Bani Hammad (also called Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad), in M'Sila Province in the Hodna Mountains; a thriving...
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    Beleismum – tower on biblical Tel Dothan Castellum Beroart – the Minat al-Qal'a Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders; at Ashdod Castellum Regis; castle...
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    (Maydan/Midan Rumayla), today known as Salah al-Din Square (Midan Salah ad-Din) or Citadel Square (Midan al-Qal'a). This was used as a horse market (due to...
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    profit des Médias Coréens Décembre 2011 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Djémila". UNESCO. Retrieved...
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    including Bilad Sit, Al-Hamra, Al-Qarya, Al-Qal'a, Al-Arid, and Dhath Khayl. However, after the aforementioned date, the people of Al-Hamra collaborated...
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    Amra Qasr al Hallabat Qasr al-Muwaqqar Qasr al-Qastal Qasr Hammam As Sarah Qasr of Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman Qasr Kharana Qasr Mshatta Qasr Tuba Al-Omari Mosque...
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    Sabika hill to the south. This became the Alhambra (al-Qal'a al-Hamra, the 'Red Citadel'). Despite Ibn al-Ahmar's earlier alliance with Castile, Ferdinand III...
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    Rome Temple of Mars Ultor Temple of Vesta, Tivoli Jordan Jarash Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman Philippines St. La Salle Hall Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall Enrique...
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    during the Neolithic period. But unlike nearby hills, particularly Jabal al-Qal'a, Jabal Amman was never fortified. It remained somewhat of a wooded outback...
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    Publications de l’École française de Rome. ISBN 9782728307487. Jeff Huebner, "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (M'sila, Algeria)" in Middle East and Africa: International...
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    hill of the city Jabal al-Qal'a, Amman's 'Citadel Hill' Rujm (see here in the 'Etymology' section) Lendering, Jona (2020). Rujm al-Malfouf at livius.org...
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  • Derived from Al Banū Razin, name of the Berber family of the town. Alcalá de Henares City in the Community of Madrid. Derived from al-qal'a (القلعة), meaning...
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  • Kitab al-Tabikh (1226) [ar] (cookbook). 1228 – Jami' al-Qumriyya Mosque built. 1230 – Al-Qasr al-Abbasi fi al-Qal'a built (approximate date). 1232 – Al-Mustansiriya...
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    Crystal Bennett led the excavations at Petra and Amman’s citadel, Jabal al-Qal'a. The archaeological museums of the Franciscans and the Dominicans in Jerusalem...
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    UNESCO. Retrieved 28 August 2010. "Aksum". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Aldabra Atoll". UNESCO...
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  • appointed Shihāb al-Dīn Rashīd al-Kabīr as governor of the citadel (wālī al-qalʿa) and Jamāl al-Dīn Hārūn as governor of the holy places (wālī al-madīna). He...
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  • the Hammadid dynasty centered around Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad from 1008 to 1090, then Béjaïa from 1090 to 1152 Abd al-Mu'min, first caliph and founder of...
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    variant for 'ribat' List of Early Muslim ribats Cafarlet in Palestine Minat al-Qal'a in Palestine Northedge, Alastair. "ʿAbbāsid art and architecture". Encyclopedia...
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