Al-Karak

Al-Karak (bahasa Arab: الكرك), dikenal di Kerajaan Yerusalem sebagai Kerak, adalah sebuah kota di Yordania yang dikenal karena istana Salibisnya, Istana Kerak. Istana tersebut adalah salah satu dari tiga istana terbesar di wilayah tersebut, dua lainnya berada di Suriah. Al-Karak adalah ibukota Kegubernuran Karak.

Daftar pustaka

• Bliss, F.J. (1895). "Narrative of an Expedition to Moab and Gilead in March, 1895". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 27: 203–235. 
• Doughtey, C.M. (1921). Travels in Arabia Deserta. London: P.L. Warner. 
• Dowling, T.E. (1896). "Kerak in 1896". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 28: 327–332. 
• Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF). 
• Gubser, Peter (1973). Politics & Change in Al-Karak, Jordan, A Study of a Small Arab Town & Its District. ISBN 0-19-215805-8. 
• Hill, Gray (1896). "A journey east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, 1895". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 28: 24–47. 
• Hitti, P.K. (1970). History of the Arabs. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-09871-4. 
• Holt, P.M. (1986). The Age of the Crusades. The Near East from the Eleventh century to 1517. Longman. ISBN 0-582-49302-1. 
• Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. 
• Irby, C.L.; Mangles, J. (1823). Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor; during the years 1817 & 1818. London: Printed for Private Distribution by T. White & Co.  (pp. 361, 444, 456)
• Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. 
• Pringle, Denys (1993). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A-K (excluding Acre and Jerusalem). I. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 39036 2.  (pp. 286−295)
• Pringle, Denys (1997). Secular buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: an archaeological Gazetter. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521 46010 7.  (pp. 59− 60)
• Runciman, S. (1951). A history of the Crusades. Volume II. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East. 1100-1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06162-8. 
• Saulcy, L.F. de (1854). Narrative of a journey round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible lands, in 1850 and 1851. 1, new edition. London: R. Bentley.  (pp. 368 ff)
• Sykes, C. (1965). Cross Roads to Israel: Palestine from Balfour to Bevin. New English Library Edition (pb) 1967. 
• Tristram, H.B. (1873). The land of Moab; travels and discoveries on the east side of the Dead sea and the Jordan. New York: Harper and brothers. 

Pranala luar

• Panduan perjalanan Kerak di Wikiwisata
• Al Karak.net, A website dedicated to Karak