The origin of ‘desert castles’: Qasr Bani Muqatil, near Karbala, Iraq

Barbara Finster · Joël Schmidt

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The ‘desert castles’ are key structures of the early Islamic expansion. They resemble Roman forts – which may have provided models for those in Jordan. But the authors show that a well-researched example in Iraq is likely to have been a palace site before the area was Islamicised.

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1997Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning 1992A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture 2015The Sasanian Palaces and Their Influence in Early Islam 1992Early Islamic Architecture of the Desert. A bedouin station in Eastern Jordan 2005From ‘desert castle’ to medieval town: Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (Syria)

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