Mshatta (Jordan)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Mshatta (Jordan)
Other forms of name
El Meshetta (Jordan)
El Mushetta (Jordan)
Meshetta (Jordan)
Meshita (Jordan)
Mushatta (Jordan)
Mushetta (Jordan)
Qasr al-Mschatta (Jordan)
Qaṣr al-Mushattá (Jordan)
Qaṣr al-Mushattah (Jordan)
Qaṣr el Mushatta (Jordan)
Qasr elMushetta (Jordan)
Coordinates
36.010278 36.010278 31.7375 31.7375 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Palaces Jordan
See Also From tracing place name
Jordan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1636168
Library of congress: sh2017003818
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2016509124: Qasr al-Mschatta, c2016:v. 1, t.p. (early Islamic palace in Jordan) p. 8, etc. (built in mid 8th century under Umayyad caliph Walid II; facade is housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin)
  • GEOnet, June 20, 2017(Qaṣr al Mushattá; ancient site in al 'Āṣimah, Jordan; 31°45'03"N, 036°00'51"E; variants: El Meshetta; El Mushetta; Meshita; Mushatta; Qaṣr al Mushattah; Qaṣr el Mushatta; Qasr elMushetta)
  • Dict. of Islamic architecture, 1996(Mshatta; palace located on the border of the desert in Jordan, about 25 km south-west of Amman; generally dated to late Umayyad period)
  • Grove encyc. of Islamic art and architecture, 2009(Mshatta; variant names: Mshattá; Mushatta; Qaṣr al-Mushattá; unfinished Islamic palace 25 km south of Amman, Jordan; may have been built by caliph al-Walid II (reigned 743-4))
  • Encyc. Britannica online, June 29, 2017(under desert palace (Umayyad architecture): Mshattá; in Jordan)
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