Al-Muwaqqar ( Arabic : الموقر ) is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan . The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles . Little remains of the palace today except several acanthus leaf capitals and gauge of a water reservoir .
6-498: The district is the headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division and a police training center. Most of the families which are staying in the region are from Bani Sakhr , like Al-Khraisha, Al-Arabid, Al-Jbour, Al-Qudahh. The village contains the ruins of an Umayyad complex, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar , a qasr -type fortified palace also known as a desert castle. Almost nothing remains of the palace today except several acanthus -leaf capitals and
12-409: A water level gauge for a palace cistern , inscribed with Kufic signs which indicate a maximum level of over thirty feet (c. 10 metres), very impressive for the arid climate of the area. Despite some name confusion, which combined the two names into one, the following are two distinct Umayyad sites which contain qusur (plural of qasr ): al-Muwaqqar and Qasr al-Mushash . They lay 19.4 km apart on
18-640: The Six-Day War , the Battle of Karameh , the War of Attrition , Black September and the Yom Kippur War . In 2018, the 3rd Armored Division HQ with many support units and one armored brigade (91st) has been deactivated, the remaining two armored brigades (40th, 60th) and some units merged with Jordanian Central Command . The Division is deployed between Zarqa , to the northeast of Amman to Qatraneh in
24-556: The historical caravan route between Amman and Azraq via Qusayr 'Amra , on which all these localities acted as way stations. Qasr al-Mushash This Jordanian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 3rd Armored Division (Jordan) The King Abdullah II 3rd Armored Division ( Arabic :3 فرقة الملك عبدالله الثاني المدرعة) is a former armored division in Jordanian Armed Forces , active from 1969 to 2018. The Division
30-523: Was equipped and trained for high-intensity combat against highly organized enemies as well as peacekeeping missions. The Division functioned as the Jordanian strategic reserve and was deployed between Zarqa , to the northeast of Amman, to Qatraneh in the south on near Saudi Arabia. Since Qatraneh has a strategic position vis-a-vis the attack routes along the Dead Sea, the 40th Armored Brigade
36-631: Was usually based there. In the Yom Kippur War , the 40th Armoured Brigade was sent to the Syrian front and played a significant role in the fighting. King Abdullah II became Battalion Commander of the Second Royal Armored Battalion – 40th Armored Brigade in January 1992. In 1993, he was in the 40th Armored Brigade with the rank of Colonel. This Division was involved in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , reprisal operations ,
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