Qaṣr ash-Shamsīyyah
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Qaṣr ash-Shamsīyyah | |
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![]() Qaṣr ash-Shamsīyyah in 1974 | |
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Town or city | Riyadh |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 24°38′42″N 46°42′44″E / 24.64500°N 46.71222°E |
Completed | 1930s |
Demolished | 1970s |
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Qaṣr ash-Shamsīyyah (Arabic: قصرالشمسية, romanized: Qaṣr ash-Shamsīyyah) was a palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was built for Princess Nura bint ʿAbd al-Raḥman (1875–1950), the elder sister of King ʾAbd al-ʿAzīz Ibn Saud.[1] The palace was north of the old town, not far from the Murabba Palace. Among the distinguished female visitors to the palace was Violet Dickson, the wife of H. R. P. Dickson.[2] In his Riyadh map in The Arab of the Desert, Dickson referred to the palace as Qasr Nura, a name found often in other maps and documents.[3] The building stood near the Riyadh Water Tower. By the late 1970s, the building was no longer occupied and had fallen into dereliction.
References
- ^ ʾAmānī as-Sarādj, “Everything you want to know about Qaṣr ash-Shamsiyyah,” (in Arabic) Saīʿdatī (03 March 2022). Available online at: https://www.sayidaty.net/node/1364046. Retrieved June 2024.
- ^ H. R. P. Dickson, The Arab of the Desert: A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sa'udi Arabia (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949).
- ^ As in Peter Harrigan, Riyadh: Oasis of Heritage and Vision (Riyadh: High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, ([2013?)].
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