Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi is a castle in the middle of the Syrian Desert. It was built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 728-29 CE in an area rich in desert fauna.
- Tourist attraction
- …is also known as “Qasr al-Hayr East”
- Description: archaeological site in Syria
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
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Latitude
35.07403° or 35° 4′ 27″ north
Longitude
39.07165° or 39° 4′ 18″ east
Open location code
8G7X33FC+JM
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر الحير الشرقي”
- Basque: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Bengali: “কাসর হায়র শারকি”
- Catalan: “Kasr al-Hayr al-Sharki”
- Chinese: “哈里沙克沙漠城堡”
- Dutch: “Qasr al-Chair al-Sharqi”
- French: “Qasr el-Heir ech-Charqi”
- German: “Qasr al-Heir asch-Scharqi”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Hausa: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Hebrew: “קסר אל-חייר א-שרקי”
- Hindi: “कसर अल-हैर अल-शर्की”
- Italian: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Japanese: “アル＝ハイル・アル＝シャルキ城”
- Japanese: “カスル・アル＝ヒール・アル＝シャルキ”
- Malay: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Norwegian: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Persian: “قصر الحیر شرقی”
- Spanish: “Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi”
- Swedish: “Qasr al-Hayrach-Charqi”
- Turkish: “Kasrü’l-Hayri’l-Şarki”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Каср аль-Хайр аш-Шаркі”
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