List of castles in Jordan
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This is a list of fortified buildings and complexes in Jordan from across all historical periods: forts, fortresses, castles, fortified palace complexes, caravanserais, pilgrims' inns, etc.
Some date to Roman times, or were built by the Crusaders in the 12th century.{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Hugh |title=Crusader castles |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0521799133}} Others were built by various Muslim dynasties and groups, such as the Umayyads, Abbasids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottomans, and local tribal leaders.
A distinct group of fortified sites are the so-called desert castles, known from the entire region but particularly well represented in Jordan. What is known in English as a "desert castle" is known in Arabic as qaṣr (singular), quṣur being the plural in ArabicKhouri, R.G., The Desert Castles: A Brief Guide to the Antiquities. Al Kutba, 1988. pp 4-5 (see here) and usually date to the Umayyad period. To make things complicated, not all Umayyad qasrs were built in the desert, 'qasr' may be used in Arabic for any type of fort or castle (but not in English-language academic literature), and certainly not all fortified places in the desert can be called desert castles in this sense.
List of castles in Jordan
See also
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{{location map~ |Jordan |lat=31.813333 |long= 36.602222 |label=Qusayr 'Amra | label_size= 75|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat=31.8802 |long= 36.8275 |label=Qasr Azraq |label_size= 80 |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat=32.065278 |long= 36.366389 |label=Qasr Hallabat |label_size= 80 |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.728889 |long= 36.462778 |label=Qasr Kharanah |label_size= 75 |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.815556 |long= 36.094167 |label=al-Muwaqqar |label_size= 80 |position=top}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.746944 |long= 35.935556 |label=al-Qastal |label_size= 80 |position=left}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 32.0929 |long= 36.328 |label=Hammam al-Sarah | label_size= 75 |position=top}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.7375 |long= 36.010278 |label=Qasr Mshatta |label_size= 75 |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 32.332728 |long= 35.751774 |label=Ajloun Castle |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 29.521396 |long= 35.002045 |label=Aqaba Fortress |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.181066 |long= 35.701641 |label=Kerak Castle |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 30.531527 |long= 35.560823 |label=Montreal (castle) |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 30.762100 |long= 36.679328 |label=Qasr Bayir |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.325556 |long= 36.570833 |label=Qasr Tuba |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 31.242378 |long= 36.039439 |label=Qasr Al-Qatraneh |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Jordan |lat= 30.333107 |long= 35.465841 |label=Vaux Moise |position=bottom}}
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Owen |year=2003 |title=Jordan's Guide to British Castles and Fortifications |edition=1st |location=United Kingdom|publisher=King's England Press |isbn=9781872438832 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Sinclair |first1=Susan |year=2012 |title=Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World |volume=2 |location=The Netherlands|publisher= Brill |isbn=978-9004170582 }}
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