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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 .
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]
Hammam al-Sarah is an Umayyad bathhouse in Jordan, built in connection with the complex of Qasr al-Hallabat, which stands some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west. [ 1 ] Along with examples in the other desert castles of Jordan, it is one of the oldest surviving remains of a Muslim bathhouse.
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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]
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 (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/residence from which power emanates', plural qusur ), is a term derived from Latin castrum . It often occurs in toponyms.