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Al-Kahf Castle, the Glossary

Al-Kahf Castle or the Castle of the Cave (Qalʻat al-Kahf) is a medieval Nizari Isma'ili castle located around southeast of Margat, in the al-Ansariyah mountains in northwest Syria.^[1]

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18 relations: Baybars, Cistern, Henry II, Count of Champagne, Hermitage (religious retreat), Kingdom of Jerusalem, Limestone, Mamluk, Mamluk Sultanate, Margat, Motte-and-bailey castle, Mustafa Agha Barbar, Nizari Ismaili state, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Syria, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Syria, Syrian Coastal Mountain Range, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Archaeological sites in Tartus Governorate
Buildings and structures completed in 1120
Buildings and structures in Tartus Governorate
Castles in Syria
Official residences in Asia

Baybars

Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari (الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري; 1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), commonly known as Baibars or Baybars and nicknamed Abu al-Futuh (أبو الفتوح), was the fourth Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, of Turkic Kipchak origin, in the Bahri dynasty, succeeding Qutuz.

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Cistern

A cistern is a space excavated in bedrock or soil designed for catching and storing water.

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Henry II, Count of Champagne

Henry II of Champagne (or Henry I of Jerusalem) (29 July 1166 – 10 September 1197) was Count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and King of Jerusalem jure uxoris from 1192 to 1197 by virtue of his marriage to Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem.

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Hermitage (religious retreat)

A hermitage most authentically refers to a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, or a building or settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.

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Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Latin Kingdom, was a Crusader state that was established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Mamluk

Mamluk or Mamaluk (mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties, serving the ruling Arab and Ottoman dynasties in the Muslim world.

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Mamluk Sultanate

The Mamluk Sultanate (translit), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries.

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Margat

Margat, also known as Marqab (lit), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. Al-Kahf Castle and Margat are Archaeological sites in Tartus Governorate, buildings and structures in Tartus Governorate and castles in Syria.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Mustafa Agha Barbar

Mustafa Agha Barbar El Korek (1767 – 28 April 1835) was an Ottoman Syrian statesman and military officer who was governor of the Ottoman province of Tripoli, ruling between 1800–08, 1810–20 and 1821-35.

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Nizari Ismaili state

The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period".

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Ottoman Syria

Ottoman Syria (سوريا العثمانية) was a group of divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains.

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Rashid ad-Din Sinan

Rashid al-Din Sinan (راشد الدين سنان; 1131/1135 – 1193) also known as the Old Man of the Mountain (شيخ الجبل; Vetulus de Montanis), was an Arab Muslim missionary who served as the leader of the Nizari Ismaili state and the Order of Assassins from 1162 until his death in 1193.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrian Coastal Mountain Range

The Coastal Mountain Range (سلسلة الجبال الساحلية, Silsilat al-Jibāl as-Sāḥilīyah) also called Jabal al-Ansariya, Jabal an-Nusayria or Jabal al-`Alawīyin (Ansari, Nusayri or Alawi Mountains) is a mountain range in northwestern Syria running north–south, parallel to the coastal plain.

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Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli (طَرَابُلُس) is the largest and most important city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kahf_Castle

Also known as Kahf Castle.