Khawarnaq was a medieval castle constructed by the Arab
Lakhmids
The Lakhmids ( ar, اللخميون, translit=al-Laḫmiyyūn) referred to in Arabic as al-Manādhirah (, romanized as: ) or Banu Lakhm (, romanized as: ) was an Arab kingdom in Southern Iraq and Eastern Arabia, with al-Hirah as their capital ...
near their capital of
al-Hira
Al-Hirah ( ar, الحيرة, translit=al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: ''Hērt'' ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.
History
Kingdom of the Lakhmids
Al-Hirah was a significant city in pre-Is ...
. The castle is mentioned in both
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
sources, albeit it is difficult to determine what information is historical and what is myth.
References
Sources
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Further reading
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* {{EI2, last=Massignon, first=L., title=al- K̲h̲awarnaḳ, url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-khawarnak-SIM_4244?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=Khawarnak, volume=4, page=1133
Lakhmids