Qasr
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Qasr (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/fortress', plural qusur), from Latin castrum, may refer to:
Individual qusur and places named after a qasr
Particular types of qusur
- Alcázar, cognate Spanish term; also Alcácer or Alcàsser; 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 the word)
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