Qasr Bayir
Fortified building in Jordan
30°45′43″N 36°40′45″E / 30.761944°N 36.679167°E / 30.761944; 36.679167Qasr Bayir (Arabic: قصر بيير) is a desert castle built in 743 CE by Prince Walid bin Yazid. It is found in the desert of Jordan and it was destroyed in 1931.[1]
History
In 743, during the Umayyad period, the future caliph Al-Walid II had the castle built in what is today the Jordanian badiya (desert). The structure was 70 meters long and was built of large sandstone blocks. It was destroyed in 1931 by Beake Pasha and the stone blocks were used to construct an Arab Legion outpost.[2]
References
Further reading
- Jordan, Owen (2003). Jordan's Guide to British Castles and Fortifications (1st ed.). United Kingdom: King's England Press. ISBN 9781872438832.
- Sinclair, Susan (2012). Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. Vol. 2. The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-9004170582.
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Umayyad desert castles
- Qusayr 'Amra
- Qasr al-Azraq
- Qasr Bayir
- Qasr Burqu'
- Qasr al-Hallabat
- Qasr Kharana
- Qasr Mushatta
- Al-Muwaqqar
Qasr al-Mushash
- Qasr Al-Qastar
- Hammam as-Sarah
- Qasr Tuba
- Umayyad Palace
- Umm al-Walid
External links
- Photos of Bayir at the American Center of Research
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