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Kasbah of Sfax in Tunisia. A kasbah (/ ˈ k æ z b ɑː /, also US: / ˈ k ɑː z-/; Arabic: قصبة, romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation:, Maghrebi Arabic:), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city.
Inside view from NE, looking down from the walls. 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 fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to Mecca and Medina which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century.
Ajyad Fortress [1] Al-Faqir Fort [2] Al-Ukhaydir, Tabuk Province [3] Dhat al-Hajj [4] Kasbah [5] Marid Castle [6] Masmak fort [7] Qal'at al-Mu'azzam; Qal'at al-Qatif [8] Qamus [9] Qasr al-Farid [citation needed] Qasr Ibrahim [10] Asfan Castle [11] Qishla of Jeddah; Qishla of Mecca [12] Qishlah [12] Shanqal Fort; Tarout Castle [13] Tarout Island ...
Fortress of Wadi Natrun, western Delta. [2] Rhakotis fort, ... Unknown time Al-Mohammadyia Arabic Fort, Beer Al Abd, North Sinai. [7] 1115 AD Al-Soubak Fort ...
Kala (disambiguation) - Persian alternate spelling of Arabic qal'a; Qala (disambiguation) or qal'a - Arabic word for fortress or castle; Qalat (disambiguation) - places whose names contain the words Qalat, Qelat, Kalat, Kalaat, Kalut, or Kelat; Qila (disambiguation) - Persian (Urdu, Hindi) variant of Arabic qal'a
Kala (disambiguation), the Persian alternate spelling of Arabic qal'a; Qala (disambiguation) or qal'a, the Arabic word for fortress or castle; Qalat (fortress) Qila (disambiguation), the Persian (Urdu, Hindi) variant of Arabic qal'a
Al Masmak Palace (Arabic: قصر المصمك, romanized: Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District.
The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built from 1477 to 1479 AD (882–884 AH) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. [2]