Qaṣr al-Shamsīyya ( ar, قصرالشمسية, Qaṣr al-Shamsīyya) 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 Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

. The palace was north of the old town, not far from the

Murabba Palace The Murabba Palace (Arabic: Qasr al Murabba; the Square Palace) is one of the historic buildings in Al Murabba, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The palace is the first building that was erected outside the walls of the old city. It was named after its squa ...

. Among the distinguished female visitors to the palace was Violet Dickson, the wife of

H. R. P. Dickson Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (4 February 1881 – 14 June 1959) was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s, and author of several books on Kuwait. Life H. R. P. Dickson was one ...

. 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.As in Peter Harrigan, ''Riyadh: Oasis of Heritage and Vision'' (Riyadh: High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, ( 013?) The building stood near the

Riyadh Water Tower Riyadh Water Tower (), locally known as Burj al-Khazzaan () or simply al-Khazzaan (), is a 61-meters tall conical-shaped cylindrical water tower and a prominent cultural landmark in the al-Futah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Designed by ...

. By the late 1970s, the building was no longer occupied and had fallen into dereliction.

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