Qasr Burqu'
unknown (Umayyad)
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Alternative Title
Qasr Burqu
Description
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 Ghassanid tradition; this is earliest of amir al-Walid I's residences; rectangular tower in courtyard is distinct from rest of complex, but similar to structures found throught eastern Syria--most likely a watch-tower of Romano-Byzantine date; Greek tomb inscription on the lintel of a room suggest that site became monastic settlement in 5th and 6th centuries; site expanded in Umayyad times, in AD 700, as recorded in inscription on a lintel; built on the banks of the Wadi Miqat, which is today blocked by a small dam ~2km northwest of the site; similar dam probably existed at time of construction plan (drawing), 1989
Type of Work
PalaceSubject
Dams, Islam, Palaces, Royalty, Ruins, Wadis, Umayyad dynasty, Summer palaces, Walid I, Caliph, d. 715, Qasrs, Architecture, Islamic --Jordan
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