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Al-Nimr Palace

نابلس, Italy

Al-Nimr Palace (Arabic: قصر النمر) is a vast seventeenth-century palace in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine. It is located in the northeastern side of the Habla neighborhood and belonged to the Nimr family, the Nimrs were originally subdistrict chiefs in the hinterlands of Homs and Hama, the palace was

commissioned by Abdullah Pasha al-Nimr, leader of the Ottoman military campaigns, sent to suppress local strife and secure the region. Abdullah Pasha who was subsequently appointed governor of Nablus and guarantor of Karak Castle was the founder of a palace-based Nablus ruler dynasty.

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