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Ziri Palace in Asher
(قصر زيري في أشير)

Title	Ziri Palace in Asher
Title Original	قصر زيري في أشير
Publication Date:	336 AH / 947 AD
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;16;ar
Library Location	Mahdia Province, Algeria
Date	336 AH / 947 AD
Notes	When Ziri ibn Manad founded Medina Ushir in 324 AH / 926 AD, he asserted himself as “a true ruler and founder of a dynasty” (L. Golfan), in a Maghreb torn by constant internal conflicts and wars. Beniqasiri in Asher, at the bottom of the Green Mountain, which is 1,400 meters high, and forms a rectangular palace, 72 meters long and 40 meters wide. The wall of the wall is supported at the corners and along the length of the wall with huge square supports. On the southern side, a door ahead of the building leads to a winding entrance surrounded by rooms that appear to have been service buildings and guard residences. After passing the winding corridor, we reach a large rectangular courtyard flanked on the east and west sides by two large rooms, and on the north side a large hall in the shape of a cross that causes a clear protrusion to the outside. This hall, which appears to have been the throne room in which the dais on which the prince was seated, is preceded by an antechamber with three openings. The facade of this hall bears prominent decoration and plaster decorations, part of which is located in the National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts in Algeria. From both sides of the central courtyard, four secondary sections can be accessed that have the same shape and the same dimensions. Each section forms an apartment that includes a courtyard, a beautiful room with a concave wall that creates a protrusion on the outer wall, three narrow rooms, a water hall, and a staircase that is supposed to have led to the roof. The courtyards were all paved, while the building, which was carefully cared for, used cut rubble stones, as well as cut and carved stones. The symmetry of this palace and its high architectural value bring it close to Abbasid architecture of the same era.
Sample Text	Djamel Souidi “Ziri Palace in Asher” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;16;ar

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Ziri Palace in Asher

(قصر زيري في أشير)

Publication Date 336 AH / 947 AD

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;16;ar

Library Location Mahdia Province, Algeria

Date 336 AH / 947 AD

Notes When Ziri ibn Manad founded Medina Ushir in 324 AH / 926 AD, he asserted himself as “a true ruler and founder of a dynasty” (L. Golfan), in a Maghreb torn by constant internal conflicts and wars. Beniqasiri in Asher, at the bottom of the Green Mountain, which is 1,400 meters high, and forms a rectangular palace, 72 meters long and 40 meters wide. The wall of the wall is supported at the corners and along the length of the wall with huge square supports. On the southern side, a door ahead of the building leads to a winding entrance surrounded by rooms that appear to have been service buildings and guard residences. After passing the winding corridor, we reach a large rectangular courtyard flanked on the east and west sides by two large rooms, and on the north side a large hall in the shape of a cross that causes a clear protrusion to the outside. This hall, which appears to have been the throne room in which the dais on which the prince was seated, is preceded by an antechamber with three openings. The facade of this hall bears prominent decoration and plaster decorations, part of which is located in the National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts in Algeria. From both sides of the central courtyard, four secondary sections can be accessed that have the same shape and the same dimensions. Each section forms an apartment that includes a courtyard, a beautiful room with a concave wall that creates a protrusion on the outer wall, three narrow rooms, a water hall, and a staircase that is supposed to have led to the roof. The courtyards were all paved, while the building, which was carefully cared for, used cut rubble stones, as well as cut and carved stones. The symmetry of this palace and its high architectural value bring it close to Abbasid architecture of the same era.

Sample Text Djamel Souidi “Ziri Palace in Asher” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;16;ar