Karak

Karak may refer to:


 * karak, a Medieval Arabic term for a fortress, borrowed in Old French as crac (Modern French: krak):
 * Krak des Chevaliers
 * Kerak Castle
 * Krak de Montreal

Places

 * Al-Karak or Kerak, city in Jordan, named after Kerak Castle
 * Karak Governorate, Jordan
 * al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
 * Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
 * Karak, Iran (disambiguation)
 * Karak, Pahang, town in Malaysia
 * Karak Expressway, highway in Malaysia
 * Karak, Pakistan, city in Pakistan
 * Karak District, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 * Khirbet Kerak (Karak) or Beth Yerah, archaeological site on the Sea of Galilee, Israel

People

 * Karak (mascot), mascot in form of Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, 18th Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006
 * Karak (surname), found in the state of Karnataka, India

History

 * Siege of Kerak (1183) conducted by Saladin against the Crusader castle
 * Siege of Al-Karak (1834) imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the town
 * Gaya confederacy (Gaya is also known as Kaɾak), confederacy in southern Korea (42-562 CE)

Food

 * Karak tea (شاي الكرك), an alternate name for Masala chai in the Persian Gulf region, a spiced milk tea beverage popular in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates