site measures approx. 35 x 35 meters; on the road from Mafraq to Baghdad; two features of importance for history of Umayyad architecture: apsidal room, and rooms grouped around central courtyard--both probably derived from ...
This red limestone palace is located on the edge of a desert oasis, approximately 50 miles east of Amman. It has been asserted that the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid built Qusayr 'Amra between 712 and 715 AD.
Small in scale ...