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...

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 The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the central west, and Madaba, Al-Karak and Aqaba in the southwest. Major towns in the east are the oasis towns of Azraq and Ruwaished. In the west, a...

'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...

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...

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...

Jerash (Gerasa) Synagogue-Church at Gerasa Qasr Azraq Umm el-Jimal Dhuweila[clarification needed] Jawa Qasr Burqu' Al-Maghtas (Bethany Beyond the Jordan) Deir...

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...

Umayyad period. To make things complicated, not all Umayyad qasrs were built in the desert, 'qasr' may be used in Arabic for any type of fort or castle (but...

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...

as proof. Ibn al-Harith spent his year in office trying to put down Nafi' ibn al-Azraq's Kharijite uprising in Khuzestan. In 685, Ibn al-Zubayr, requiring...

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...

example Qasr Hallabat or Qasr Burqu, represent Islamic occupations of earlier Roman or Ghassanid structures. Other sites like Qastal, Qasr Azraq, or al-Muwaqqar...

Qasr Mushatta (Arabic: قصر المشتى, romanized: Qasr al-Mshatta, lit. 'Winter Palace') is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, probably commissioned by...

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...

encampment between his base of operations in al-Qaryatayn and Qasr Burqu'. Bacharach speculates that al-Walid used the sites, located in the territory...

attack Mecca itself. This was intolerable to the Ayyubid sultan Saladin (Salah al-Din), who invaded the kingdom in 1187. After capturing Jerusalem, later in...

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...

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...

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,...

Al-Maghtas Petra Qasr Amra Umm ar-Rasas Wadi Rum As-Salt Umm el-Jimal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates...

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...

14th century who founded the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Born in the village of Qasr-i Hinduvan near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, he was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad...

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...

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...