Qasr Tuba

Qasr at-Tuba is the southernmost of the Umayyad desert castles in Jordan. Built in 743 CE by Caliph al-Walid II for his sons, al-Hakam and ‘Uthman, it was initially intended to consist of two roughly 70-square-metre (750 sq ft) courtyard dwellings with projecting semicircular decorative towers, but the project was never completed. The structure appears to have been abandoned some time after the assassination of Caliph al Walid. Qasr Tuba The palace at Qasr at-Tuba may have been the residence or hunting lodge of the Caliph's sons, since hunting was a favoured pastime of the aristocracy. It also served as a caravanserai and was part of the Caliph's program to...

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