Qasr Burqu'

unknown (Umayyad)

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Qasr Burqu' (Jordan)	en_US
dc.creator	unknown (Umayyad)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-19T15:15:36Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-19T15:15:36Z
dc.identifier	029868	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/47437	en_US
dc.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	en_US
dc.description	plan (drawing), 1989	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	122083	en_US
dc.subject	Dams	en_US
dc.subject	Islam	en_US
dc.subject	Palaces	en_US
dc.subject	Royalty	en_US
dc.subject	Ruins	en_US
dc.subject	Wadis	en_US
dc.subject	Umayyad dynasty	en_US
dc.subject	Summer palaces	en_US
dc.subject	Walid I, Caliph, d. 715	en_US
dc.subject	Qasrs	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Islamic --Jordan	en_US
dc.title	Qasr Burqu'	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Qasr Burqu	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Jordanian	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Islamic	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.worktype	Palace	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Umayyad)	en_US