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Kasbah of Sfax in Tunisia. A kasbah (/ ˈ k æ z b ɑː /, also US: / ˈ k ɑː z-/; Arabic: قصبة, romanized: qaṣaba, lit. 'fortress', Arabic pronunciation:, Maghrebi Arabic:), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city.
The Casbah (Arabic: قصبة, qaṣba, meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Kasbah of Algiers a World Cultural Heritage Site, as "There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a ...
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.
Casbah is a roadhouse chain in Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa established in 1955; Kasba Tadla, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Morocco; Rock the Casbah, a song by English rock band The Clash from their 1982 album Combat Rock
Bab Agnaou, the historical main gate of Marrakesh's kasbah. The Kasbah of Marrakesh is a large walled district in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh, Morocco, which historically served as the citadel and royal palace complex of the city.
The Kasbah of the Udayas (Arabic: قصبة الأوداية, romanized: Qasbat al-Awdāya; Berber languages: ⵇⵙⴱⴰ ⵏ ⵉⵡⴷⴰⵢⵏ, romanized: Qasbat 'n Iwdayn), also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco.
The only part of the old city that remained relatively untouched was the upper town, which contained the citadel and the former residence of the rulers, and thus became known as the "Casbah" of Algiers. [5] [6]: 237
The kasbah of Meknes was first created on this site by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Ya'qub in 1276 CE; the same year that the citadel of Fes el-Jdid was built in nearby Fes as the new capital of the Marinid empire.