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The origin of ‘desert castles’: Qasr Bani Muqatil, near Karbala, Iraq
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The ‘desert castles’ are key structures of
the early Islamic expansion. They resemble Roman
forts – which may have provided models for those
in Jordan. But the authors show that a
well-researched example in Iraq is likely to have
been a palace site before the area was
Islamicised.
Title: The origin of ‘desert castles’: Qasr Bani
Muqatil, near Karbala, Iraq
Description:
The ‘desert castles’ are key structures of
the early Islamic expansion.
They resemble Roman
forts – which may have provided models for those
in Jordan.
But the authors show that a
well-researched example in Iraq is likely to have
been a palace site before the area was
Islamicised.
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