Qasr

Qasr (Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/residence from which power emanates', plural qusur), is a term derived from Latin castrum. It often occurs in toponyms.

Qasr, Qusur/Qusour can refer to:

Places called Qasr, Qusur

• 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
• Qusour, Kuwait, district in Kuwait City

Individual qusur and places named after such

• Desert castles: List of sites, includes several whose modern name does not contain the word qasr
• All pages with titles beginning with Qasr
• All pages with titles containing Qasr
• All pages with titles containing Qusayr ('small qasr')
• All pages with titles beginning with Qusur ('qasrs')
• All pages with titles containing Qusur
• All pages with titles beginning with Qusour
• All pages with titles containing Qusour

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 usually 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