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Qasr Kharana

desert castle located in present-day eastern Jordan
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Qasr Kharana

Summary

Qasr Kharana is an Umayyad desert castles[1]. It draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (umayyad_desert_castles category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Qasr Kharana is located in Amman Governorate[3].
  • Qasr Kharana is in the country of Jordan[4].
  • Qasr Kharana's instance of is recorded as Umayyad desert castles[5].
  • Qasr Kharana is owned by Al-Walid I[6].
  • Qasr Kharana's architectural style is recorded as Islamic architecture[7].
  • Qasr Kharana's Commons category is recorded as Qasr Kharana[8].
  • Qasr Kharana's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.728889, 'lon': 36.462778}[9].
  • Qasr Kharana's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[10].
  • Qasr Kharana's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Livius[11].
  • Qasr Kharana's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Qasr Kharana[12].

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Geography

Qasr Kharana is in the country of Jordan[4]. It is located in Amman Governorate[3].

Designation and Status

Qasr Kharana's instance of is recorded as Umayyad desert castles[5].

History and Context

Qasr Kharana is owned by Al-Walid I[6].

Why It Matters

Qasr Kharana draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (umayyad_desert_castles category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Al-Walid I Jordan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · HeritageSinan · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Qasr Kharana
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Amman Governorate
    Kulturenvanteri monument id → 478826
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11729]]: 478826"
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