Walking Tour In Ajloun Castle | Is Ajloun Castle A Must Visit Place In Jordan ?!

Walk with me in the amazing Ajloun Castle, watch till the end and decide weather Ajloun Castle is a must visit place in your trip to Jordan.

Ajloun Castle is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal 'Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century. From its high ground the castle was guarding three wadis which descend towards the Jordan Valley. It was built by the Ayyubids in the 12th century and enlarged by the Mamluks in the 13th.

The name Ajloun goes back to a Christian monk who lived on this mountain in the Byzantine period.

Ajloun castle has been the nucleus of a settlement which has grown to become the present town of Ajloun. The castle's developing faubourg led to its second name, Qalʻat ar-Rabad, "the castle of the faubourg" or "the castle with the suburbs".This name still resonates in the surname of a large and reputable Christian family owning most of the agricultural lands in the direct vicinity of the castle until this day, the Al-Rabadis.

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