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Mamluk Keep

TIME : 2016/2/19 3:49:28

A keep is a refuge of last resort and it was here that the defences of Karak Castle were strongest, with 6.5m-thick walls, arrow slits on all four levels and a crenellated section at the top. The keep was built from 1260 by the Maluk sultan Beybars.

From the keep, stairs lead down to the Mamluk Palace.