Qasr
Qasr (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/residence from which power emanates', plural qusur), is a term derived from Latin castrum. It often occurs in toponyms.
Qasr, Qusur/Qusour can refer to:
Qasr-type structures
- Desert castles: List of sites, includes several whose modern name does not contain the word qasr
Individual qusur and places named after such
- All pages with titles beginning with Qasr
- All pages with titles containing Qasr
- All pages with titles containing Qusayr ('small qasr')
- All pages with titles beginning with Qusur ('qasrs')
- All pages with titles containing Qusur
- All pages with titles beginning with Qusour
- All pages with titles containing Qusour
Particular types of qusur
- Alcázar, also Alcácer or Alcàsser: cognate Spanish term used in Iberia and former colonies.
- Alcazar (disambiguation)
- Desert castles, category of Umayyad qusur, whose names usually have the form Qasr XY
- Ksar, North African form of qasr
- All pages with titles containing Ksar
See also
- Glossary of Arabic toponyms: Qasr. Contains similar information to this page.
- Kasbah/alcazaba, from al-qasbah: fortress, citadel, or by extension, medina quarter
- Qalat/Qal'a: Arabic for fortified place, fortress; part of many place names