the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate. Al-Karak lies 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the south of...

Montreal Al-Karak or Kerak, city in Jordan, named after Kerak Castle Karak Governorate, Jordan al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate Karak Nuh...

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 the...

north of Al-Karak for himself, securing Majali power and riches in Al Al-Karak. The Beni Sakher under Awad bin Thiab Al-Fayez reinstated the Ahl Al-Shamal...

due to it being a block on the route from Egypt to Damascus. Saladin sent Al-Adil to besiege Kerak. The Muslims had sought to take Kerak for several years...

part of the Lordship of Oultrejordain, including those of Montreal and Al-Karak. The Ayyubids built the Ajloun Castle and rebuilt older castles, to be...

shootings took place in the city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan. The attack started in the vicinity of Al-Karak where a group of unidentified militants...

Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is Al-Karak. It s bordered by Madaba...

of al-Malik al-Mughith of Al-Karak which were supported by the Bahriyya Mamluks. The raids caused a dispute among the Bahriyya Mamluks in Al-Karak as...

in the desert fortress of al-Karak in Transjordan and was reluctant to assume the sultanate in Cairo, preferring al-Karak, where he was closely allied...

capture, al-Kasasbeh lived in the village of Ay in the Karak Mountains in Karak Governorate, 90 miles (140 km) south of Amman. In 2009, al-Kasasbeh graduated...

The Karak revolt was an uprising against Ottoman authority in the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak, which erupted on 4 December 1910. The revolt came after...

time, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem operated a diocese in al-Karak named Battra (Arabic: باطره, Ancient Greek: Πέτρας) and it was the opinion...

Siege of Al-Karak was a 17-day siege imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak in 1834. The Pasha laid the siege on the...

the latter's half-brother, al-Nasir Ahmad of al-Karak, was declared sultan. Ahmad relocated to al-Karak and left a deputy to rule on his behalf in Cairo...

principal city of Bilad al-Sharat is Al-Karak. The northern part of the region in Jordan is under the administration of the Karak Governorate, while the...

Transjordan.See al-Karak, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods. Saladin, 1188 Al-Adil I, brother of Saladin, 1188-1193 Al-Mu'azzam Isa, son of al-Adil I, 1193–1227...

Qaṣabah al-Karak is one of the districts of Karak governorate, Jordan. "Jordan: Administrative Division, Governorates and Districts". citypopulation.de...

Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو حفص الهاشمي القرشي) is a militant and the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State. He was named as caliph...

Sultan and accompanied him and Mamluk Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Salihi (not the Baibars who became a Sultan) to Al Karak during his detention there in 1239. Later...

neighboring regions of southern Palestine and Syria. The inhabitants of Al-Salt and Al-Karak are reputed to make the best mansaf in Jordan. Other variants of...

Statistics (CBS), Al-Karak had a population of 10,510 in the 2004 census. In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Karak al-Bataniyya'; part...

another section in the palace where they stayed until they were sent to al-Karak thus ending the first reign of an-Nasir. In 1296 Kitbugha was deposed by...

from Al Karak who recruited Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to fight in Afghanistan. He was one of participants in the Afghan Arabs، and the manager of Maktab al-Khidamat...

Ma'an and its surroundings as one of four districts of the al-Karak province. According to al-Dimashqi, during that time period, it grew to become a "small...

wedding took place on 8 June 1277. She died in August 1288. Exiled to Al Karak fortress, in Jordan, he died there in 1280. Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton...

to 3,600 ft). Al-Salt and al-Zarqa are located to the northwest and northeast, respectively, Madaba is located to the west, and al-Karak and Ma'an are...

another section of the palace and later to Al Karak . Kitbugha was installed as Sultan and took the royal name Al-Adil. He made Lajin his Vice-Sultan. In...

Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahle in the Zahle District of the Beqaa...

an early age, Abu Bakr received military training in the desert town of al-Karak. His father, Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad (r. 1310–41), groomed him as a potential...