Touqan Palace

32°13′07″N 35°15′38″E / 32.21861°N 35.26056°E / 32.21861; 35.26056 Touqan Palace (Arabic: قصر طوقان) is a historic building in the city of Nablus, West Bank, Palestine[1] with more than one hundred rooms. The building is located on the western side of the Al-Beik Mosque. It was built by Ibrahim Bey bin Saleh Pasha Touqan with funding from his father in the eighteenth century.[2] Touquan was related to poet and writer Ibrahim Toukan. His sister Fadwa Toukan was also a poet.[3]

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  1. ↑ "قصور نابلس دمشقية الهوى...من ماضي النفوذ والفن العمراني إلى خُرب مهجورة من المسؤول؟؟". وكالة وطن للأنباء.
  2. ↑ "Nablus today". www.nablusguide.com.
  3. ↑ "قصور تاريخية وأثرية في محافظة نابلس | مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". info.wafa.ps. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09.
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