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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 of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of Amman and relatively close to the border with Saudi Arabia.
Wadi Harrana is a seasonal stream in the eastern Jordanian Badia, about sixty kilometers southeast of the city of Amman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It runs eastwards from the edge of the Jordanian Highlands to the Azraq oasis .
Qasr Al-Kharanah: Jordan: Qasr Kharana (Arabic: قصر خرّانة), sometimes Qasr al-Harrana, Qasr al-Kharanah, Kharaneh or Hraneh, is one of the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of Amman It is believed to have been built sometime before the early 8th century AD and ...
Al-Dumayr, site of a qasr possibly dating to the Byzantine period, maybe built by the Ghassanids, but possibly Umayyad; Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, a "desert castle" in the Syrian Desert; Qasr al-Hayr ash-Sharqi, a large "desert castle" in the Syrian Desert of a "different and higher status", [37] described as a madinah or semi-urban settlement. [39]
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