Antiquity · 2005 · 12 citations · 1 references
HumanitiesHistoryMedieval StudiesIslamic StudiesMedieval HistoryMiddle Eastern StudiesIslamic HistoryIslamic WorldMedieval TownsMedieval Urban HistoryMiddle Eastern Social HistoryMiddle Eastern Urban StudiesMamluk SyriaMedieval CitiesTown Origins
The ‘desert castles’ are intriguing fortresses of early Islam. Here the author shows how the fort became a town, using new research from a key site in Syria.
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The origin of ‘desert castles’: Qasr Bani Muqatil, near Karbala, Iraq
Barbara Finster, Joël Schmidt · Antiquity · 2005 · 13 citations
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