خربة المفجر

خربة المفجر

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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. محمد قباني، الدولة الأموية من الميلاد إلى السقوط (دمشق، دار وحي القلم، 2006), p. 159
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islam.museum contributors. “خربة المفجر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/khirbat-al-mafjar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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