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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.
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 ...
Qasr al-Kharana, one of the Umayyad desert castles located in present-day Jordan. The desert castles or qasrs are often called Umayyad desert castles, since the vast majority of these fortified palaces or castles were built by the Umayyad dynasty in their province of Bilad ash-Sham, with a few Abbasid exceptions.
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. [3] Qasr Kharana
Qatrana, (c) Bashar Tabbah, Jordan. Qasr al-Qatraneh (Arabic: قلعة القطرانة; alternatively: "Qatraneh" or "Qatrana Castle," "Fortress Qatrana," or "Khan Qatraneh") is an Ottoman structure which largely served to provide water and protection on the Syrian pilgrimage route between the Levant and the Gulf.
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (Arabic: قصر الحير الشرقي, lit. 'Eastern al-Hayr Palace or the "Eastern Castle"') is a castle (qasr) in the middle of the Syrian Desert. It was built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 728-29 CE in an area rich in desert fauna. [1] It was apparently used as a military and hunting outpost. [2]
Qasr (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/residence from which power emanates', plural qusur ), is a term derived from Latin castrum . It often occurs in toponyms.
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi (Arabic: قصر الحير الغربي) is a Syrian desert castle or qasr located 80 km south-west of Palmyra on the Damascus road. The castle is a twin palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 727 CE. It was built in the Umayyad architectural style. As the complex was ...