| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: near Amman (Jordan) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Walid ibn Yazid, Caliph | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-16T20:12:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-02-16T20:12:50Z | |
| dc.identifier | 140453 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/49479 | en_US |
| dc.description | As one of the largest and most impressive of the Umayyad palaces, the unfinished, tawny-toned limestone and brick complex at Qasr al-Mshatta includes an entrance hall, mosque, an audience hall, and residential quarters. It is located in the Jordan desert approximately 32 kilometers south of Amman, a short distance from the Queen Alia International Airport.
A product of the late Umayyad period, it is speculated by several scholars that the Umayyad caliph al-Walid II built Mshatta during his brief reign (743-44) in an effort to commemorate his authority. Construction concluded in 744 when he was assassinated. Massive in size-at 144 sq. meters-it provided accommodation for a large group of people for ceremonial performances and lodging. Byzantine and Sassanian influence is evident in the stone and brickwork, and its plan and design.
Source: Archnet | en_US |
| dc.description | exterior, western apse of the triple apse, made of baked brick | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | brick | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 114890 | en_US |
| dc.rights | (c) Anne and Henri Stierlin | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deserts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Palaces | en_US |
| dc.subject | Forts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Islam -- History | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jordan | en_US |
| dc.subject | Umayyad dynasty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Domestic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Walid ibn Yazid, Caliph, d. 744 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Qasrs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Islamic --Jordan | en_US |
| dc.title | Qasr al-Mshatta | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Qasr Mshatta | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Qasr al Mshatta | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Qasr el-Mshatta | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Umayyad Palace | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Islamic | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Jordanian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Palace | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | patron: Caliph Walid ibn Yazid (Islamic, ruled 743-744) | en_US |
