The Ajyad Fortress (Ottoman Turkish: قلعهٔ اجیاد, Turkish: Ecyad Kalesi; Arabic: قلعة أجياد) was an Ottoman citadel which stood on a hill overlooking the...
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Haram District. Also known as Ajyad Al-Sagheer, the Ajyad al-Saghir, or Ajyad al-Sad, the street starts from the first Ajyad Gate and runs a turn north-east...
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totaling US$15 billion. The complex was built after the demolition of the Ajyad Fortress, the 18th-century Ottoman citadel on top of a hill overlooking the Grand...
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Kasbah (section Citadel or fortress)
romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation: [qasˤaba], Maghrebi Arabic: [qasˤba]), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly...
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several historical structures and archaeological sites, such as the Ajyad Fortress. However, many of the demolitions have officially been part of the continued...
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Masmak Fort (redirect from Masmak Fortress)
(Arabic: قصر المصمك, romanized: Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Palace, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah...
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Mecca. House of Ali where Hasan and Husayn were born. House of Hamza. Ajyad Fortress, 19th-century Ottoman castle demolished and replaced with the Abraj...
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source of water for the Island. Saudi Arabia portal Qal'at al-Qatif Ajyad Fortress Qishla of Mecca Tourism in Saudi Arabia List of castles in Saudi Arabia...
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Arabia. Apart from early Islamic sites, other buildings such as the Ajyad Fortress were also destroyed. This is done for economic reasons, to create room...
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This is a list of castles in Saudi Arabia. Ajyad Fortress Al-Faqir Fort Al-Ukhaydir, Tabuk Province Dhat al-Hajj Kasbah Marid Castle Masmak fort Qal'at...
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