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Ma'an Castle
(قلعة معان)

Title	Ma'an Castle
Title Original	قلعة معان
Publication Date:	937 / 1531
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;28;ar
Library Location	The castle is located 200 km south of the city of Amman, Ma'an, Jordan
Date	937 / 1531
Notes	Ma'an Castle was one of the stops for the Levantine Hajj caravans. The castle takes the shape of a square with a side length of 24 metres, and its remaining walls rise to more than 9 metres, and are pierced by narrow openings for launching arrows. The entrance opens in the middle of the eastern wall, and is surmounted by some decorations carved into stone blocks, over which a ratchet has been erected. It is noted that two types of stones were used in this wall and the entrance that opened into it. The decoration engraved in the stone consists of an inscription placed between two decorative elements at the top and bottom, and mentions the name of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent as a sponsor of the building. The upper decorative element consists of an eight-pointed star formed by the intersection of two squares with a circular disk in the middle. On either side of the star are decorations consisting of floral shapes and geometric patterns. The entrance leads to a rectangular courtyard measuring 19 m x 8 m, surrounded on two sides by ten rooms, including two perpendicular iwans. This distribution of rooms is repeated on the second floor, which is provided with a corridor 1 m wide.
Sample Text	Mohammad Najjar “Ma’an Castle” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;28;ar

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Ma'an Castle

(قلعة معان)

Publication Date 937 / 1531

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;28;ar

Library Location The castle is located 200 km south of the city of Amman, Ma'an, Jordan

Date 937 / 1531

Notes Ma'an Castle was one of the stops for the Levantine Hajj caravans. The castle takes the shape of a square with a side length of 24 metres, and its remaining walls rise to more than 9 metres, and are pierced by narrow openings for launching arrows. The entrance opens in the middle of the eastern wall, and is surmounted by some decorations carved into stone blocks, over which a ratchet has been erected. It is noted that two types of stones were used in this wall and the entrance that opened into it. The decoration engraved in the stone consists of an inscription placed between two decorative elements at the top and bottom, and mentions the name of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent as a sponsor of the building. The upper decorative element consists of an eight-pointed star formed by the intersection of two squares with a circular disk in the middle. On either side of the star are decorations consisting of floral shapes and geometric patterns. The entrance leads to a rectangular courtyard measuring 19 m x 8 m, surrounded on two sides by ten rooms, including two perpendicular iwans. This distribution of rooms is repeated on the second floor, which is provided with a corridor 1 m wide.

Sample Text Mohammad Najjar “Ma’an Castle” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;28;ar