Karak may refer to: * ''karak'', a Medieval Arabic term for a fortress, borrowed in Old French as ''crac'' (Modern French: ''krak''): ** Krak des Chevaliers ** Kerak Castle ** Krak de Montreal

Places

* Al-Karak or Kerak, city in Jordan, named after Kerak Castle **

Karak Governorate Karak ( ar, الكرك) is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is Al-Karak. It s bordered by Madaba and the Capital governorates to the north, Ma'an Governorate to the east, Tafilah Governo ...

, Jordan *

al-Karak, Syria Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك) is a Syrian village in Daraa District in Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Karak had a population of 10,510 in the 2004 census. History In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the ...

, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate *

Karak Nuh Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) ( ar, كرك, Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahle in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in eastern Lebanon. It is located on the Baalbek road close to Zahle. Karak contains a sar ...

, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon *

Karak, Iran (disambiguation) Karak or Kork or Kark ( fa, كرك, link=no) in Iran may refer to: * Karak, Hamadan, village in Hamadan Province * Kork, Kerman, village in Kerman Province * Korak, Semnan, village in Semnan Province * Karak-e Inkacheh, village in Tehran Provinc ...

Karak, Pahang Karak is a small town in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia. Located at the foothills of Malaysia's Titiwangsa Mountain Range, it is well known as a rest town along the Malaysia Federal Route 2, Federal Route 2 from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan and len ...

, town in Malaysia *

Karak Expressway Karak may refer to: Places * Al-Karak or Kerak, city and Crusader castle in Jordan ** Karak Governorate, Jordan * al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate * Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon * Karak, Iran (disambiguation) * ...

, highway in Malaysia * Karak, Pakistan, city in Pakistan ** Karak District, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Khirbet Kerak (Karak) or Beth Yerah, archaeological site on the Sea of Galilee, Israel

People

Karak (mascot) Karak was the mascot for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was modelled on a red-tailed black cockatoo, a threatened species within the host country, Australia. His biography, according to Commonwealth Games organisers: Comes from a long line of sq ...

, mascot in form of Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, 18th Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006 *

Karak (surname) Karak is a surname found in Indian state of Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Biha ...

, found in the state of Karnataka, India

History

* Siege of Kerak (1183) conducted by Saladin against the Crusader castle *

Siege of Al-Karak (1834) Siege of Al-Karak was a 17-day siege imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak in 1834. The Pasha laid the siege on the town in pursuit of Qasim al-Ahmad, the leader of the Peasants' revolt in Palestine, who had f ...

imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the town * Gaya confederacy (Gaya is also known as Kaɾak), confederacy in southern Korea (42-562 CE)

Food

* ''Karak'' tea (شاي الكرك), an alternate name for

Masala chai Masala chai (, ; Urdu: مصالحہ چائے, Hindi: मसाला चाय) is an Indian tea culture, Indian tea beverage made by boiling black tea in milk and water with a mixture of aromatic herbs and spices. Originating in India the bever ...

in the

Persian Gulf region The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body ...

, a spiced milk tea beverage popular in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

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