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Al-Ukhaidir Fortress

ancient fortress built in Iraq
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Summary

Al-Ukhaidir Fortress is a fortress[1]. It draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (fortress category, ranking #53 of 351).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Karbala Governorate[3]
  • Country: Iraq[4]
  • Architectural style: Abbasid architecture[5]
  • Made from material: limestone[6], brick[7]
  • Has use: mosque[8]
  • Commons category: Al-Ukhaidir Fortress[9]
  • Applies to part: vault[10]
  • Inception: 800[11]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[12]
  • World Heritage criteria: (i)[13], (ii)[14]
  • Has part(s) of the class: mosque[15], wall[16]

Why It Matters

Al-Ukhaidir Fortress has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Iraq

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . mosqpedia.org. mosqpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q141244869. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q141244869. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'he', 'id', 'n
    Inception → +0800-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Inception: 8. century"
  2. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to part → vault
    Has use → mosque
    Made from material → limestone, brick
    Architectural style → Abbasid architecture
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Architectural style: Abbasid architecture, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  3. 5w ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → limestone, brick
    Has part(s) of the class → mosque, wall
    Architectural style → Abbasid architecture
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Architectural style: Abbasid architecture"
  4. 5w ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +0800-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in → —
    Instance of → fortress
    Country → Iraq
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inception: 8 CE"
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