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8th-century establishments in the Umayyad Caliphate

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Prophet's Mosque
mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Umayyad Mosque
mosque in Syria
Ramla
Ramla (), also known as Ramle (, ), is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs.
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
Anjar
Lebanese town
Qasr Amra
château
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
villa in Syria
Qasr Mshatta
Mshatta, also known as Qasr al-Mushatta (), is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace, probably commissioned by Caliph Al-Walid II during his brief reign (743-744). The ruins are located approximately 30 km south of Amman, Jordan, north of Queen Alia International Airport, and are part of a string of castles, palaces and caravanserais known collectively in Jordan and the wider Southern Levant region as the Desert Castles (qasr, pl. qusur). Though much of the ruins can still be found in situ, the most striking feature of the palace, its facade, has been removed and is on display at the Perga
Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
archaeological site in Syria
Wasit
Wasit (, ) was an early Islamic city in Iraq. It was founded in the 8th century by the Umayyad viceroy of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, to serve as the region's seat and as the garrison of the Syrian troops who enforced Umayyad rule there. It was situated between the two traditional administrative centers and garrisons of Iraq, Kufa and Basra, hence its name Wasit (). The city was abandoned centuries later and its ruins are located in the eponymous Wasit Governorate, southeast of Kut in southeastern Iraq.
White mosque
mosque in Ramla, Israel
Khirbat al-Minya
8th-century Islamic palace in Israel
Mshatta Facade
facade of Umayyad palace
Qasr Tuba
place in Amman Governorate, Jordan
Al-Omari Mosque
mosque
Brahmanabad (Mansura, Sindh)
Capital of Sindh during the Islamic Caliphate
Upper March
historic name for a region of northern Spain
Qasr Burqu'
archaeological site
Al-Tagr al-Adna
March of Toledo
Islamic borderland territory based at Toledo
Mar Sarkis, Ehden