Qasr

Qasr (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/fortress', plural qusur), from Latin castrum, may refer to:

• Qasr, Kerman - village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Qasr, Lebanon - village in north Lebanon
• Qasr, Mashhad - village in Mashhad Province, Iran
• Qasr Prison, former prison, now museum; in Tehran, Iran

Qasr can also refer to:

Individual qusur and places named after a qasr

• All pages with titles beginning with Qasr
• All pages with titles containing Qasr
• All pages with titles containing Qusayr ('small qasr')

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 all 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