Qaṣr al-Qaba'

Qasr al-Qaba lies in the uplands of western Najd, near the hills of Dukhul and Hawmal. Red rock rises above the surrounding desert, and water can collect in hollows among the hills. Dukhul and Hawmal are names familiar from the opening of a celebrated poem by the pre-Islamic poet Imru al-Qays, who recalled an abandoned dwelling between them.