Qasr
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Qasr may refer to:
- the Arabic for "castle" (from Latin castrum), see KsarKsarKsar is the Arabic term for "castle", loaned from Latin castrum.The Berber equivalent is aghrem or ighrman ....
- Qasr Libya - a town in Libya
- Qasr AhmedQasr AhmedQasr Ahmad or Gasr Ahmed is a neighborhood in the eastern region of the city of Misrata in Libya. The population residing in this location constructed houses to be at a close distance to the port that carries the same name....
- the port for the Libyan city of Misurata - Qasr AmraQasr AmraQasr Amra , often Quseir Amra or Qusayr Amra, is the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan. It was built early in the 8th century by the Umayyad caliph Walid I whose dominance of the region was rising at the time...
- a desert castle in Jordan - Qasr AzraqQasr AzraqQasr al-Azraq is a large fortress located in present-day eastern Jordan. It is one of the desert castles, located on the outskirts of present-day Azraq, roughly east of Amman....
- a desert castle in Jordan - Qasr IbrimQasr IbrimQasr Ibrim is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia. It was originally a major city perched on a cliff above the Nile, but the flooding of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Aswan High Dam transformed it into an island and flooded its outskirts. Qasr Ibrim is the only major archaeological...
- an archeological site in Lower Nubia - Qasr KharanaQasr KharanaQasr Kharana , sometimes Qasr al Harrana, Qasr al Kharanah, Kharaneh or Hraneh, is one of the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan, about east of Amman and relatively close to the border with Saudi Arabia...
- a desert castle in Jordan - Qasr al AbdQasr al AbdQasr al Abd is a large ruin in western Jordan dating from approximately 200BC, and standing in the valley of Wadi Seer, approximately 17 kilometres west of Amman, close to the village of `Iraq al Amir.-History:...
- a large ruin in western Jordan - Qasr al-HosnQasr al-HosnThe Qasr al-Hosn , is the oldest stone building in the city of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.- Location :It is located along Sheikh Zayed the First Street , on the same compound as the .- History :Also known as the 'white fort' The Qasr al-Hosn , is the oldest stone building in...
- the oldest stone building Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Qasr alheer algharbiQasr Alheer AlgharbiQasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi castle is located 80 km to south-west of Palmyra on the Damascus road, is a twin palace with Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi; built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 727 CE...
- a castle in Syria - Qasr alheer alsharqiQasr Alheer AlsharqiQasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi is a castle 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. It was apparently used as a military and hunting outpost...
- a castle in Syria - Qasr ibn WardanQasr ibn WardanQasr ibn Wardan is a sixth-century military complex located in the Syrian desert, approximately northeast from Hama....
- a castle in Syria - Qasr prisonQasr PrisonQasr Prison is a prison in Tehran. It is one of the oldest Iranian political prisons.-History:It was built by the order of Fat′h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1790 in the form of a palace. It was the first prison in Iran in which the prisoners got their legal advantages.-References:...
- a prison in Tehran, Iran - Qasr-e-Shirin CountyQasr-e-Shirin CountyQasr-e-Shirin County is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Qasr-e Shirin. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 19,821, in 4,999 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Sumar District...
- a county in Kermanshah Province, Iran - Sayyidat al-QasrSayyidat al-QasrSayyidat al-Qasr is a 1958 Egyptian romance film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif. The film is directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh and written by Hussein Helmy Almohandes.- Plot :...
- a 1958 Egyptian romance film - Umm QasrUmm QasrUmm Qasr , is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet...
- a city in Iraq - Battle of Umm QasrBattle of Umm QasrThe Battle of Umm Qasr was the first military confrontation in the Iraq War. At the start of the war one of the first objectives was the port of Umm Qasr. On March 21, 2003, allied forces advanced across Southern Iraq and after an amphibious landing forces captured the new port area of Umm Qasr...
- the first military confrontation in the Iraq War