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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.
Construction of the Marrakesh kasbah began in 1185 and finished by 1190, though al-Mansur's successors continued to build more palaces within it, totaling twelve by the end of the Almohad period. [1] [2] [4] The Kasbah Mosque. The Almohad kasbah was a vast self-contained district surrounded by ramparts and further subdivided by inner walls.
The kasbah takes its name from the Udaya tribe. This name only became associated with the kasbah in the 19th century after the tribe was permanently expelled from Fez. A fraction of the tribe settled in the then previously uninhabited kasbah. [2] The use of al-Widaya (الوداية) instead of al-Awdāya has become popular in Morocco.
The Casbah (Arabic: قصبة, qaṣba, meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage Site, as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a ...
The English word "palace" is used to translated the Chinese word 宮 (pronounced "gōng" in Mandarin). This character represents two rooms connected (呂), under a roof (宀). This character represents two rooms connected (呂), under a roof (宀).
Casbah is a roadhouse chain in Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa established in 1955 Kasba Tadla , a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Morocco Rock the Casbah , a song by English rock band The Clash from their 1982 album Combat Rock
Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish. [ 1 ] : 9 It is the oldest surviving part of the Alhambra, having been built by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar , the founder of the Nasrid dynasty , after 1238.
Kasba may refer to: . Kasbah, a type of citadel or walled town; Kasba Ganapati, the main Ganesh temple in Pune; Kasba, Kolkata, a neighbourhood in Kolkata, India; Kasba (Purnia), a town in Purnia district, Bihar, India