Qasr Al-Muwaqqar: Yazid II’s Palace and Reservoir in Photos

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On a rise in the village of Al-Muwaqqar east of Amman, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar was a palace of Caliph Yazid II (r. AD 720–724), with a reservoir dated by inscription to AH 104 (AD 722–723). This album shows the vaults that carried the palace, its low walls among the village houses, the carved column bases and mosaic floors, and the restored reservoir that still holds water, ending with the inscribed water-gauge capital in The Jordan Museum.

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17 photos of Qasr Al-Muwaqqar

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A stone wall with the low openings of two vaults, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
01Vaulted Openings
The mouth of a barrel vault under a stone wall, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
02A Barrel Vault
A collapsed vault with stone steps, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
03Inside a Vault
Low palace walls with village houses behind, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
04Walls Among Houses
Ruined walls and fallen stones on the palace mound, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
05The Palace Mound
The palace site with paving and low walls, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
06Across the Site
A carved stone block in front of a column base, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
07A Carved Block
A round column base on its square plinth, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
08A Column Base
A weathered column base, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
09A Weathered Base
A stone block with moulded bands, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
10A Moulded Block
A column base with moulded bands, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
11A Moulded Base
A mosaic floor with a lattice pattern of white stone cubes, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
12The Mosaic Floor
A mosaic border with dark circles and lines, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
13A Mosaic Border
The restored Umayyad reservoir full of water under a blue sky, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
14The Reservoir
The reservoir with steps leading down to the water, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
15Steps into the Pool
The reservoir seen from its grassy edge, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
16The Pool from the Edge
The inscribed water-gauge capital on display in The Jordan Museum, Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Jordan
17The Water-Gauge Capital

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Qasr Al-Muwaqqar, Eastern Desert

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Eastern Desert

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Coordinates

31.8126° N, 36.1037° E

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