Ajloun is a city in north-west Jordan, a city surrounded by high
mountains known as the Ajloun mountain range.
And knew the name of the
old name (Gilead) means hardness or roughness, and knew Ajloun this name
relative to the name of the monk residence of Mount Auf in the area of
the castle, and Ajloun is a link between the Levant and the
Mediterranean coast, has recognized this importance Muslim leader
Saladin where he ordered Izz al-Din Osama, one of the leaders of his
army built the castle on the top of Mount Auf in (580 AH – 1184).
