Ukhaidher Castle

Ukhaidher Castle or palace is one of the greatest monuments of early Islam.

It was built by Arabs with stone and plaster on a plan which suggests the high skill of its architects using vaults and arches. Most scholars believe that it goes back to the eighth century, i.e. the beginning of the Abbassid age.

It is 50 kms away to the south-west of Karbala, this has always been the most prominent building on the way between Iraq and the upper Euphrates and Syria.