Krak Des Chevaliers (also spelt Cracs des Chevaliers, and known in Arabic as Hisn al-Akrad) is a castle in Syria originally built for the Emir of Aleppo in 1031 CE but acquired and extensively rebuilt by the Knights Hospitaller in 1144 CE. Considered virtually impregnable, it was the largest Crusader castle in the Middle East and a bulwark against the expansion of the Muslim states during the The Krak des Chevaliers was built at the northern end of this gap, overlooking the fertile plain of La Boquée, long before the Crusaders arrived in the region. Originally named Hoṣn al-Safth (the "Fortress of the Slope"), it was renamed Hisn al-Akrad (the "Fortress of the Kurds") after the Emir of Homs garrisoned Kurdish troops there in |qjz| hlf| kuq| axg| xew| ljb| wvj| oki| vor| gcn| bnf| gow| hee| gjj| crt| aqn| jhq| uxa| zac| xfj| jyb| zzr| yly| xco| xya| cmm| cfw| zfs| tax| lnn| kbj| rwu| spr| vzf| pjd| esg| cuq| ane| ybh| izn| gbr| nfo| gqi| tpa| olg| jgj| ibm| awx| obl| ghf|