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    Shanqal Fort (Arabic: قلعة شنقل) is a ruined fort near the city of Turubah, Saudi Arabia. The fort is located in the village of Al-Labt, to the east of...
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    Kasbah (category Forts in Saudi Arabia)
    local words borrowed from the Arabic word, can also refer to a settlement, a fort, a watchtower, or a blockhouse. The term qasaba was historically flexible...
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  • Ajyad Fortress (category Forts in Saudi Arabia)
    Hejaz vilayet) to protect the Kaaba in Mecca from bandits and invaders. The fort covered some 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft) on Bulbul Mountain (a spur of Jebel...
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    Masmak Fort (Arabic: قصر المصمك, romanized: Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Palace, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the...
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  • Qamus (category Forts in Saudi Arabia)
    Qurayza Jewish tribes of Arabia List of castles in Saudi Arabia "al-Qamus Fort". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16...
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  • Castle Near Eastern bioarchaeology Old Town, Al-'Ula Qal'at al-Qatif Shanqal Fort Sisira Well Tarout Castle Tarout Island Tayma Tomb of Eve Uqair salt...
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    Qishlah Shanqal Fort Tarout Castle Tarout Island Uqair "Historic Makkah fortress demolished". Arab News. 2002-01-09. Retrieved 2019-10-09. "Al-Faqir Fort |...
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    Qasr Ibrahim (category Forts in Saudi Arabia)
    Qasr Ibrahim (Ibrahim Palace) is a historic fort in the north of Alqoat neighborhood, Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is also called...
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    Asfan Castle (category Forts in Saudi Arabia)
    the Ottoman army, Monitoring the road between Mecca and Medina. The small Fort is equipped with an Ammo storage and ready sites for light Artillery. However...
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  • population of Turubah was 42,810 in 2004, while now in 2020 about 100,000. Shanqal Fort Battles of Turubah in 1813 and in 1924 List of cities and towns in Saudi...
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