Al Karak definition of Al Karak in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Al Karak (äl käräk`), town (1997 est. pop. 19,000), W central Jordan. It is also known as Krak. It is a road junction and an agricultural trade center. The ancient Kir Moab (also mentioned in the Bible as Kir Hareseth, Kir Haresh, and Kir Heres), it was the walled citadel of the Moabites. Al Karak played an important role in the Crusades. The lordship of Al Karak and Montreal was one of the chief baronies of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. The brigand Reginald of Châtillon was lord of Al Karak and Montreal when, in 1187, he attacked a caravan led by Sultan Saladin Saladin , Arabic Salah ad-Din, 1137?–1193, Muslim warrior and Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, the great opponent of the Crusaders, b. Mesopotamia, of Kurdish descent.
..... Click the link for more information. and thus provoked the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem. Al Karak was taken by Saladin in 1188 after a long siege. The town was an archiepiscopal see from the early Christian era until the Christians were massacred or expelled in 1910. A 12th-century castle built by the Crusaders at Al Karak is well preserved.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	The event is part of the CompanyAAEs engagement in the activities taking place on the occasion of Al Karak being JordanAAEs cultural city for 2009. ZainAAEs free medical day in Karak by The Star (Amman, Jordan) The book offers a brief history on Jerash, Amman--aka Philadelphia--, Qasr Al Mushatta, the Dead Sea, Al Karak, Dhat Ras, Shawbak Fort, Aqaba, Bedouin areas and the desert, in addition to a small selection of maps (six in number and seven if the inner jacket's large map of Arabia by Leon De Laborde counts). Petra is Jordan by The Star (Amman, Jordan) Mu'ta University * A workshop on population and development in both Al Karak and Tafileh governorates opened at Mu'ta University in Karak this week. For the Record: Local news and events by The Star (Amman, Jordan)	Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Akutikha Akwambo Akwamu Akwazi Amankwa Afrifa Akyab Akyev, Kalyk Akylbekov, Sabyrbek Akylbekov, Sabyrbek Mambetsadykovich Akyn Akzhal AL Al Altaev Al Aziziyah Al Basrah Al Borak Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts Al Fata Al Fatah al Fayed Al Fayyum Al Ghor Al Hillah Al Hudaydah Al Hufuf Al Karak Al Kufah Al Kut Al Maarri Al Marj Al Masudi Al Qamishli Al Qusayr Al Sirat Al Ubayyid al- Al- Asnam Al- Atrash Al- Azhar Al- Bab Al- Battani Al- Biruni Al- Buhturi Al- Bustani Al- Farabi Al- Farazdaq Al- Fasi Al- Faw al- Hariri al- Hasakah al- Hilla	Al Jama'a Al-Islamiyyah Al-Muqatilah Bi-Libya Al Jamaa Al Islamiya Al Jaza'ir Al Jaza'ir Al Jazair Al Jazair Al Jazeera Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera Network Al Jazeera Presenters Al Jazeera Satellite Channel Al Jazeera Television Al Jazeera TV Al Jazera Al Jazira Al Jazirah Al Jazirah (state) Al Jazirah (state) Al Jezeera Al Jizah Al Jîzah Al Jîzah Al Jolson Al Jolson Al Kaeda Al Kaida Al Kamishli Al Karak Al Karbala Al Karbala Al Khader Al Khader Al Khaleej National School Al Khali Al Khalil Al Khurtum Al Khurtum al kohl Al Koofa Al Kuds Al Kuds Al Kufah Al Kut Al Kuwait Al Kuwait Al Kuwayt Al Kuwayt Al Ladhiqiyah Al Ladhiqiyah Al Maarri Al Maashiiya Al Maashiiyah Al Madani, Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al Madinah Al Madînah Al Madînah Al Madinah Province Al Majdal

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found

The event is part of the CompanyAAEs engagement in the activities taking place on the occasion of Al Karak being JordanAAEs cultural city for 2009.

ZainAAEs free medical day in Karak by The Star (Amman, Jordan)

The book offers a brief history on Jerash, Amman--aka Philadelphia--, Qasr Al Mushatta, the Dead Sea, Al Karak, Dhat Ras, Shawbak Fort, Aqaba, Bedouin areas and the desert, in addition to a small selection of maps (six in number and seven if the inner jacket's large map of Arabia by Leon De Laborde counts).

Petra is Jordan by The Star (Amman, Jordan)

Mu'ta University * A workshop on population and development in both Al Karak and Tafileh governorates opened at Mu'ta University in Karak this week.

For the Record: Local news and events by The Star (Amman, Jordan)