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Khirbat al-Mafjar

خربة المفجر

A palace which the book attributes to the caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, lying about three miles north of Jericho; it was a winter palace. The book describes its walls decorated with human and animal figures, with the name of the caliph Hisham inscribed on one of them, with panels of plant and animal designs, and with images of dancing girls 1.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

A winter palace about three miles north of Jericho, which the book attributes to the caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. 1

What the book describes

Its walls are decorated with human and animal figures. The name of the caliph Hisham is inscribed on one of its walls. 1

It has panels of plant and animal designs, and images of girls dancing. 1

What needs a source

The date of its construction and who actually ordered it: an additional source is needed.

Sources

  1. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 159
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islam.museum contributors. “Khirbat al-Mafjar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/khirbat-al-mafjar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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