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When Ayla was occupied and fortified by the Crusaders in 1115, they
built the castle, credited to the Mamluk Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
of Egypt in 1320 AD, was rebuilt by one of the last Mamluk sultans in
Qansawh Al Ghawri 1587 AD,
The scene of a great Arab victory in July 1916 when this heavily defended
Turkish stronghold fell to a daring Arab camel charge. Lawrence
of Arabia rode triumphantly from here to Cairo to report the good
news to an astonished General Allenby. The port of Aqaba became a
major supply base for the advancing Arab Revolt ; The Aqaba Region
Archaeological Museum is located in the Aqaba house of Sherif Hussein
Bin Ali next to the Aqaba Castle.The museum was opened to the public
in 1990. Presently it houses an important collection from the Islamic
site of Ayla, dated to the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid
periods, thus representing the Islamic periods from the mid-7th to the
beginning of the 12th century AD.
built the castle, credited to the Mamluk Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
of Egypt in 1320 AD, was rebuilt by one of the last Mamluk sultans in
Qansawh Al Ghawri 1587 AD,
The scene of a great Arab victory in July 1916 when this heavily defended
Turkish stronghold fell to a daring Arab camel charge. Lawrence
of Arabia rode triumphantly from here to Cairo to report the good
news to an astonished General Allenby. The port of Aqaba became a
major supply base for the advancing Arab Revolt ; The Aqaba Region
Archaeological Museum is located in the Aqaba house of Sherif Hussein
Bin Ali next to the Aqaba Castle.The museum was opened to the public
in 1990. Presently it houses an important collection from the Islamic
site of Ayla, dated to the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid
periods, thus representing the Islamic periods from the mid-7th to the
beginning of the 12th century AD.
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