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Ajlun Castle

by JoTB, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

by Michael Gunther, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ajlun Castle

Ajlun Castle, Qal'at Ajloun, Qa'lat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Jabal Ajlun. It was built by the Ayyubids in the 12th century and enlarged by the Mamluks in the 13th.