Masmak Fort
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title:
Masmak Fort
text:
The Masmak Fort, also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Palace, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District. Commissioned in 1865 by Abdullah bin Faisal, it was completed in 1895 following the takeover of the town by the Rashidi dynasty. The fortress was the main theatre for the Battle of Riyadh in 1902, which marked the prelude to the unification of Saudi Arabia. It wa
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masmak_Fort
date created:
2006-04-20T00:54:33Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T19:55:49Z
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13
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