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- Desert_castles abstract "The Umayyad Desert Castles, of which the Desert Castles of Jordan represent a prominent part, are fortified palaces or castles in what used to be the Umayyad province of Bilad ash-Sham. Most Umayyad \"desert castles\" are scattered over the arid regions of eastern Jordan, with several more in Syria, Israel and the West Bank (Palestine).The castles were built roughly between 660 and 750, under the caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty who had made Damascus their new capital in 661; after 750 the capital moved to the newly-built Bagdhad, and some of the buildings were never completed. The Umayyads erected a number of characteristic palaces, known in Arabic as qusur (pl.)/qasr (sing.), some in the cities and some along important roads, of which some are in the desert. The term \"Desert Castle\" is thus not ideal, since it artificially separates similar qusur according to their location. Jordan possesses at least one urban Umayyad qasr on the Citadel Hill of Amman, while several qusur are located in Syria, the West Bank and Israel, either in cities (Jerusalem, Ramla), in relatively green areas (Al-Sinnabra, Khirbat al-Minya), or indeed in the desert (Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi and Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, Jabal Sais, Hisham's Palace). The \"desert castles\" proper, i.e. isolated qusur built in arid regions, are chiefly located on the ancient trade routes connecting Damascus with Medina and Kufa.".
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- Desert_castles wikiPageExternalLink HiHistorical_Significance_of_Strategic_Location_of_Umayyad_Desert_Palaces.
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- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Al-Muwaqqar.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Al-Sinnabra.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Al_Qastal,_Jordan.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Amman.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Amman_Citadel.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Aniconism_in_Islam.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Arabic.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Azraq,_Jordan.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Baghdad.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Berlin.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Bilad_al-Sham.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Caliphate.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Caravanserai.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Castle.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Castra.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Category:Castles_in_Jordan.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Category:Umayyad_architecture.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Damascus.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink File:Qasr_Kharana_in_Jordan.jpg.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Fresco.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Ghassanids.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Hishams_Palace.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Islamic_architecture.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Islamic_art.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Israel.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Jabal_Sais.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Jericho.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Jerusalem.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Jordan.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Khirbat_al-Minya.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Kufa.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Livestock.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Madaba.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Medina.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Mshatta_Facade.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Oasis.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Pergamon_Museum.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Al-Hallabat.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Al-Kharanah.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Al-Mshatta.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Amra.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Azraq.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Burqu.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Hammam_As_Sarah.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_Tuba.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_al-Hayr_al-Gharbi.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Qasr_al-Hayr_al-Sharqi.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Ramla.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Relief.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Rockefeller_Museum.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Sea_of_Galilee.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink State_of_Palestine.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Syria.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Syrian_Desert.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Temple_Mount.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Transhumance.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Umayyad_Caliphate.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Umayyad_Palace.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink Umm_al-Walid.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink West_Bank.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLink File:Karta_DesertCastles.PNG.
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLinkText "Desert castles".
- Desert_castles wikiPageWikiLinkText "rural estates".
- Desert_castles caption "Desert castles of Jordan".
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- Desert_castles width "400".
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- Desert_castles subject Category:Castles_in_Jordan.
- Desert_castles subject Category:Umayyad_architecture.
- Desert_castles hypernym Palaces.
- Desert_castles type Building.
- Desert_castles type Attraction.
- Desert_castles comment "The Umayyad Desert Castles, of which the Desert Castles of Jordan represent a prominent part, are fortified palaces or castles in what used to be the Umayyad province of Bilad ash-Sham.".
- Desert_castles label "Desert castles".
- Desert_castles sameAs Q1688297.
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- Desert_castles sameAs Wüstenschloss.
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- Desert_castles sameAs Castillos_del_desierto.
- Desert_castles sameAs Châteaux_du_désert.
- Desert_castles sameAs מצודת_מדבר.
- Desert_castles sameAs Sivatagi_kastély.
- Desert_castles sameAs Castelli_del_deserto.
- Desert_castles sameAs Woestijnkasteel.
- Desert_castles sameAs Zamki_pustynne.
- Desert_castles sameAs Castelo_do_deserto.