Adschlun fortress
| Adschlun fortress | |
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 Adschlun Fortress, photo from 2009 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Qalaʿat ar-Rabad |
| Creation time : | 1184/85 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Place: | Adschlun |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 19 '30.8 " N , 35 ° 43' 39.8" E |
| Height: | 980 m |
Qalaʿat ar-Rabad ( Arabic قلعة الربض, DMG Qalʿat ar-Rabaḍ , also ar-Rabadh ), also known as Adschlun Fortress (عجلون ʿAdschlūn , DMG ʿAǧlūn ), is a castle builtunder Sultan Saladin near the village of Adschlun . It is located in what is now northern Jordan near Irbid , the second largest city in Jordan.
Those built between 1184 and 1185 by General Izz ad-Din Usama, a nephew of Saladin fortress for defending against the Crusaders - Kingdom of Jerusalem and especially the transfer should facilitate messages. To this end, Saladin had a chain of fortresses built that relayed messages by fire and pigeon mail . In 1260 the Mongols briefly conquered the castle. It was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1837. Major restoration work was carried out on the castle between 1927 and 1929.
