{"id":7065,"date":"2025-08-08T23:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/al-muzayrib-citadel\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:31:17","slug":"al-muzayrib-citadel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/al-muzayrib-citadel\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Muzayrib Citadel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Muzayrib Citadel was built by the Ottoman official Sanjak-Bey Birqdar to protect the waters of Lake Muzayrib, which served as a vital reservoir for Hajj caravans. The fortress has a square layout featuring grain storage rooms and a watchtower designed to oversee the surrounding plains.<\/p>\n<p>In 1757, the traveler Ali Pasha documented the site as a major station along the Syrian Hajj route. The citadel stands adjacent to Lake Muzayrib and was historically associated with a seasonal pilgrimage Souk, reflecting its dual role in both logistical support and economic activity during the Hajj season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Muzayrib Citadel was built by the Ottoman official Sanjak-Bey Birqdar to protect the waters of Lake Muzayrib, which served as a vital reservoir for Hajj caravans. The fortress has a square layout featuring grain storage rooms and a watchtower designed to oversee the surrounding plains. In 1757, the traveler Ali Pasha documented the site as a major station along the Syrian Hajj route. The citadel stands adjacent to Lake Muzayrib and was historically associated with a seasonal pilgrimage Souk, reflecting its dual role in both logistical support and economic activity during the Hajj season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[371,211],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-7065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-castles-daraa","category-daraa","tag-partially-destroyed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}