Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi

castle, archaeological site
Year dem found am	729
Native label	قصر الحير الشرقي
Found by	Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Culture	history of Islam
Country	Syria
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Homs Governorate
Coordinate location	35°4′26″N 39°4′16″E
Heritage designation	Tentative World Heritage Site
World Heritage criteria	(iv)

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi (Arabic: قصر الحير الشرقي, lit. 'Eastern al-Hayr Palace anaa de "Eastern Castle"') be castle (qasr) insyd de middle of de Syrian Desert. Na de Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik build am insyd 728-29 CE insyd an area rich insyd desert fauna.^[1] Na dem apparently use am as a military den hunting outpost.^[2] De palace be de counterpart of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, a nearby castle palace dem build one year earlier.^[1] Ebe one of de so-called desert castles.

Location

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharq dey 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Al-Sukhnah den 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Sergiopolis (Rusafa), near Bishri Mountain near Palmyran Middle Mountains.

Syrian Civil War

During Syria Civil War, na armed groups capture Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi insyd 2013, then by ISIS. Na dem damage de Castle by looting den vandalism. Na dem burgle de visitor house.^[3] De Syrian Army recapture de castle for 22 August 2017.^[4]

Architecture

Like oda Umayyad architectural works, na dem influence de construction style by Byzantine den Sasanian architectures.^[5]

World Heritage Status

Na dem add dis site to de UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on June 8, 1999, insyd de Cultural category.^[6]

Gallery

Walls den towers
Walls den towers
Byzantine arches den columns

References

1 2 Constable, O.R. (2003). Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-521-81918-0.
↑ Un Château du désert: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine..
↑ "A desert Castle: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi | UNESCO". en.unesco.org (in English). Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
↑ @watanisy (22 August 2017). "tigers captured Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ Arce, Ignacio. "UMAYYAD BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND THE MERGING OF ROMAN-BYZANTINE AND PARTHO-SASSANIAN TRADITIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE". Late Antique Archaeology (in English). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
↑ "Un Château du désert: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

External links

[constable56-1] 1 2 Constable, O.R. (2003). Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-521-81918-0.

[2] Un Château du désert: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine..

[3] "A desert Castle: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi | UNESCO". en.unesco.org (in English). Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[4] @watanisy (22 August 2017). "tigers captured Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[5] Arce, Ignacio. "UMAYYAD BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND THE MERGING OF ROMAN-BYZANTINE AND PARTHO-SASSANIAN TRADITIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE". Late Antique Archaeology (in English). Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[6] "Un Château du désert: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

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