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Qaṣr aṭ-Ṭūbah

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design of Umayyad architecture

  • Al-Ḥākim Mosque
    In Islamic arts: Palaces

    Qaṣr ʿAmrah, Qaṣr al-Kharānah, and Qaṣr al-Ṭūbah. Apparently, those examples of princely architecture belong to a group of more than 60 ruined or only textually identifiable rural complexes erected by Umayyad princes. In the past a romantic theory had developed about their locations, suggesting that the remoteness of their sites…

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