Al `Ashiq Palace

Qasr al-'Ashiq is a ancient palace dates again to the Abbasid generation, positioned near the metropolis of Samarra, Iraq. The palace become commissioned underneath the fifteenth Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tamid, and production occurred in the course of 877-882. Accounts range regarding the individual that turned into assigned to construct this palace. Yaqut al-Hamawi mentions the call of Ali bin Yahi al-Munajam and Moez al-Dawla who initiated the groundbreaking. Emir 'Amad al-Dawla wrote a poem about this palace. During the medieval duration, it become known as "al-Ma'shuq" this means that "cherished".

The palace become excavated in Nineteen Sixties and restored at some point of the Nineteen Eighties. Qasr al-'Ashiq is a distinguished surviving instance of the Abbasid architectural fashion palace. The constructing is square formed and includes flooring, one of which has been used as catacombs and vaults. It is surrounded via big yards, that are surrounded by partitions. Outside the partitions exist a long moat, wherein water flows from the underground channel which starts from the western highlands. Surface of the moat is better than the nearby river.