Qasr al-Azraq (Arabic: قصر الأزرق, "Blue Fortress") is a large fortress located in present-day eastern Jordan. It is one of the desert castles, located...
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south of the town. Jordan portal Azraq Wetland Reserve Desert castles, of which the Azraq oasis has two: Qasr Azraq and Qasr Ain es-Sil Druze in Jordan Department...
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qusur (plural of qasr): al-Muwaqqar and Qasr al-Mushash. They lay 19.4 km apart on the historical caravan route between Amman and Azraq via Qusayr 'Amra...
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castles". Qusayr 'Amra Qasr Azraq Qasr Hallabat Qasr Kharanah al-Muwaqqar al-Qastal Hammam al-Sarah Qasr Mshatta Qasr Tuba Qasr Bayir The Umayyads erected...
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proto-urban settlement Qasr al-Azraq and Qasr 'Ain es-Sil, ancient desert castles in the Azraq oasis Qasr Burqu', ancient "desert castle" Qasr Usaykhim, an ancient...
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Qasr Harrana (Arabic: قصر حرّانة), sometimes Qasr al-Kharana, Harana, Qasr al-Harrana, Qasr al-Haranah, Haraneh, Khauranee, or Hraneh, is one of the best-known...
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Qusayr 'Amra (redirect from Qasr 'amrah)
'Amra or Quseir Amra, sometimes also named Qasr Amra (Arabic: قصر عمرة, romanized: Qaṣr ‘Amrah, lit. 'small qasr of 'Amra'), is the best-known of the desert...
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Qasr Mushatta (Arabic: قصر المشتى, romanized: Qasr al-Mshatta, lit. 'Winter Palace') is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, probably commissioned by...
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Qasr al-Hallabat (Arabic: قصر الحلابات) is an Umayyad desert castle, with the associated bath house of Hammam as-Sarah east of it. The nearby modern town...
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Zarqa Governorate (redirect from Al-Sukhnah, Jordan)
such as Qasr Amra, a World Heritage Site, Qasr al Hallabat, Qasr Shabib in the center of the city of Zarqa, as well as the Castle of Azraq. After the...
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Jerash (Gerasa) Synagogue-Church at Gerasa Qasr Azraq Umm el-Jimal Dhuweila[clarification needed] Jawa Qasr Burqu' Al-Maghtas (Bethany Beyond the Jordan) Deir...
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encampment between his base of operations in al-Qaryatayn and Qasr Burqu'. Bacharach speculates that al-Walid used the sites, located in the territory...
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Jordan (redirect from Al-Mamlakah Al-Urdunnīyah Al-Hāshimīyah)
west, and Madaba, Al-Karak and Aqaba in the southwest. Major towns in the eastern part of the country are the oasis towns of Azraq and Ruwaished. In the...
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the Wayback Machine, World Monuments Fund, accessed 14 December 2019 "Qasr al-Mshatta". Arch Net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved...
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Khirbat al-Minya in modern Israel and Qasr Kharana in modern Jordan. Umar was a son of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I and one of his slave concubines. Al-Walid...
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Qasr Usaykhim or Qasr Aseikhin (Arabic: قصر أصيخم), is probably a Roman fortlet on the extreme eastern edge of the Limes Arabiae et Palaestinae. The solitary...
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ecotourism in the area, opening an eco hotel near Qasr Burqu' and promoting it together with Azraq Wetland Reserve and Shaumari Wildlife Reserve as part...
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Conceitfish – Anz Qaison – Fairy Ibn al-Azraq – Shaatat Atit (1967–1968) Donkey Gettis (1972) Prince of Zanzibar (1976) Al-Wefaq – Broken Bow – The Great Dam...
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Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles in...
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The Painting of the Six Kings is a fresco found on the wall of Qasr Amra, a desert castle of the Umayyad Caliphate located in modern-day Jordan. It depicts...
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regarding the preservation of the forest. The Azraq Wetlands, located in Jordan's eastern desert near the town of Azraq, is RSCN's only wetlands reserve. The...
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Sanaa (redirect from Amanat Al Asimah Governorate)
Sanaʽa, Jews had initially settled within the enclosed citadel, known as al-Qaṣr, near the ruins of the old tower known as Ghumdan Palace, but were evicted...
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Hisham's Palace (redirect from Khirbat al-Mafjar)
example Qasr Hallabat or Qasr Burqu, represent Islamic occupations of earlier Roman or Ghassanid structures. Other sites like Qastal, Qasr Azraq, or al-Muwaqqar...
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Al-Maghtas Petra Qasr Amra Umm ar-Rasas Wadi Rum As-Salt Umm el-Jimal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World...
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end of the Wadi Sirhan, and improved the roads. One important fort was Qasr Azraq, another was at Humeima (Latin: Auara), from the late 2nd century AD,...
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Qal'at Mudawwara (redirect from Al-Mudawara Castle)
also Qal'at al-Mudawwara or Jagiman Castle,[clarification needed][citation needed] is a desert fort located near the Jordanian village of Al-Mudawara, 350 km...
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The Aqaba Castle or Aqaba Fort (Arabic: قلعة العقبة, romanized: Qalʿat al-ʿAqaba), also known as the Mamluk Castle of Aqaba, Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman...
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Wu'ayra Castle (redirect from Al-Wu'aira)
name of the valley, Wadi Musa in Arabic. The Arabic name is spelled al-Wu'aira or al-Wu'ayra. During their rule, the Crusaders built several castles and...
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Ayn al-Habis (Arabic: عين الحبيس), also known by its medieval names Cave de Sueth (Old French, French: Cave de Suète), Cava de Suet (Medieval Latin), or...
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