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Qasr ( ar, قصر, lit=palace/castle/fortress, plural ''qusur''), from
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''castrum'', may refer to:


Individual ''qusur'' and places named after a ''qasr''

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Particular types of ''qusur''

* Alcázar (cognate Spanish term; also ''Alcácer'' or ''Alcàsser'') * Alcazar (disambiguation) *
Desert castles The Umayyad desert castles, of which the desert castles of Jordan represent a prominent part, are fortified palaces or castles in what was the then Umayyad province of Bilad al-Sham. Most Umayyad "desert castles" are scattered over the semi-arid ...
, Umayyad ''qusur'', whose names all have the form Qasr XY *
Ksar Ksar or qsar (Maghrebi Arabic: wiktionary:قصر, قصر ''qṣer'' or ڭصر ''gser'', plural ''qṣur''; Berber language, Berber: ⵉⴴⵔⵎ ''aghrem'' or ''ighrem'', plural: ''igherman''), plural ksars, qsars, ksour or qsour, is the Nor ...
(North African form of the word) {{disambiguation, geo