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 "id": "place/qalat-al-kariyan",
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 "slug": "qalat-al-kariyan",
 "label": {
  "ar": "قلعة الكاريان",
  "en": "Qal'at al-Kariyan"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "قلعة على جبل من الطين، لا يُصعد إليها إلا بطريق صعب يشبه مدرج النمل، وقد ذكر الإدريسي أنها من عجائب البنيان. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 420}",
  "en": "A castle on a mountain of clay, reached only by a hard path like an ant's track; al-Idrisi counts it among the marvels of building. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 420}"
 },
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 ],
 "regions": [
  "persia-central-asia"
 ],
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq, ed. Cairo 2002, p. 420 (scan page)",
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5)"
  },
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   "source/nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002"
  ],
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   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5); page refs are scan indices"
  }
 },
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "قلعة الكاريان قلعة على جبل من الطين، لا يُصعد إليها إلا بطريق صعب يشبه مدرج النمل. ويعدّها الإدريسي من عجائب البنيان. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.420}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/qalat-al-kariyan",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Qal'at al-Kariyan is a fortress on a hill of clay, which can only be reached by a difficult path resembling an ant's ramp. Al-Idrisi counts it among the wonders of construction. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.420}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/qalat-al-kariyan",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "قلعۃ الکاریان مٹی کی ایک پہاڑی پر بنا ہوا قلعہ ہے، جس تک صرف ایک مشکل راستے سے جایا جا سکتا ہے، جو چیونٹی کی سیڑھی جیسا لگتا ہے۔ ادریسی اسے تعمیر کے عجائبات میں شمار کرتے ہیں۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.420}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/qalat-al-kariyan",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-14",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}