Qaṣr al-ʻAbd (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
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Name (Latin)
Qaṣr al-ʻAbd (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Other forms of name
ʻAbd, Qaṣr al- (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Castle of the Slave (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Fortress of Hyrcanus of the Tobiads (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Hyrcanus of the Tobiads, Palace of (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Palace of Hyrcanus of the Tobiads (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Palace of the Slave (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Slave, Palace of the (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Qasr al-Abd (Araq el-Emir Site, Jordan)
Coordinates
35.7518 35.7518 31.9128 31.9128 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Fortification Jordan
Palaces Jordan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q7267043
Library of congress:
sh 93004164
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 93103274: Will, E. ʻIraq al-Amir : le château du tobiade Hyrcan, 1991.
- Encyc. Judaica:v. 15, p. 1178.
- Princeton encyc. classic. sites:p. 82 (Qasr el-Abd, main ruin at Araq el-Emir site)
- Jordan Telecom portal, Nov. 2, 2004(Qasr al Abd (Palace of the Slave), an enormous palace built by Hyracanus of the powerful Tobiad family during the second century AD. The real reason behind the building of Qasr al Abd remains a mystery but the palace was damaged and badly wrecked by the great earthquake that hit the region in 362 AD.)
- Government of Jordan web site/Touristic sites, Nov. 11, 2004(Qasr al Abd, Castle of the Slave)