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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.
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. It is located in modern-day Jordan. [16] [17] Qasr Tuba: Jordan
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]
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 ...
Khirbet Qeiyafa (Arabic: خِرْبَة قِيَافَة, romanized: Khirbat Qiyāfa), also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa (Hebrew: חוֹרְבָת קַייָאפַה), [1] is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the Valley of Elah and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE.
Fort Al-Ghwayzi (Arabic: حِصْن ٱلْغوَيْزِي, romanized: Ḥiṣn Al-Ghwayzī), or Al-Ghwaizi Fortress, [2] is one of the old fortresses in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut Governorate in Yemen. It is considered an architectural masterpiece built on the foot of a rock designed to protect the city from Bedouin attacks. [1] [3]
In the pre-Islamic Iran and Turkestan towns consisted of a fortress called diz (also means "fortress" in Persian), and the actual town which was called shahristan. Middle Eastern Islamic geographers use the word kuhandiz for the oldest part of the settlements in the town centers. It later started to be used in with the meaning of citadel.
What is known in English as a "desert castle" is known in Arabic as qaṣr (singular), quṣur being the plural. [1] However, qasr is a widely-used Arabic word for palace, castle or fortress, so only a few of the buildings called quṣur are "desert castles".