Al-Muwaqqar () is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan.Maplandia world gazetteer 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.Al-Muwaqqar at AtlasTours.net
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.
Al-Muwaqqar joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2019.
Archaeology: Qasr al-Muwaqqar 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 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."Jordan's Desert Castles", Aramco World magazine, March 1963, pp. 10-13 (see p. 11).
Two distinct qusur, Muwaqqar and Mushash 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 the historical caravan route between Amman and Azraq via Qusayr 'Amra, on which all these localities acted as way stations.
See also Desert castles Islamic art Islamic architecture Jordanian art List of castles in Jordan
References
External links Information and image from Qasr Al Muwaqqar
Photos of al-Muwaqqar at the American Center of Research Photos of Qasr al-Muwaqqar at the Manar al-Athar photo archive