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Qasr al-'Ishshah
Qasr al-'Ishshah. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Qasr al-'Ishshah (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْعِشَّة, romanized: Qaṣr al-ʿIshshah) is a palace complex in Tarim of 'Umar bin Shaikh Al-Kaff, one of the first al-Kaff houses. Shaikh al-Kaff built the house on proceeds made in South Asian trade and investment in Singapore's Grand Hotel de l'Europe during the 1930s.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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