Question: The word qalat (kalata) is Persian and qal'at (qal‘a) is Arabic for 'fortified place', Qalats can range from castles like which location, to Adobe, a building material made from earth and often organic material?

Context articles: Citadel of Salah Ed-Din
Adobe
Fiber cement siding
Qalat Sukkar
Alker
Fortified houses in Ireland
Compressed earth block
Qalat (fortress)
Cob (material)
Cemesto

The Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين‎ ‎ , "Qal'at Salah al-Din"), also known as Sahyun or Saladin Castle, is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria.
 It is located 7 km east of Al-Haffah town and 30 km east of the city of Latakia, in high mountainous terrain on a ridge between two deep ravines and surrounded by forest, the site has been fortified since at least the mid 10th century.
 In 975 the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes captured the site and it remained under Byzantine control until around 1108.
 Early in the 12th century the Franks assumed control of the site and it was part of the newly formed Crusader state of the Principality of Antioch.
 The Crusaders undertook an extensive building programme, giving the castle much of its current appearance.
 In 1188 it fell to the forces of Saladin after a three-day siege.
 The castle was again besieged in 1287, this time both defender and belligerent were Mamluks.
 In 2006, the castles of Qal'at Salah El-Din and Krak des Chevaliers was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
 The site is owned by the Syrian government.
Adobe ( , ; ] ) is a building material made from earth and often organic material.
 Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish, but in some English speaking regions of Spanish heritage it refers to any kind of earth construction, as most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings.
 Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.
Fiber cement siding (or "fibre cement cladding" in the UK and Australia) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications.
 Fiber cement is a composite material made of sand, cement and cellulose fibers.
 Fiber cement board may come pre-painted or pre-stained or can be done so after its installation.
Qalat Sukkar (Qal`at es Sikar) (Arabic:قلعة سكر ) is a town in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located on the Gharraf Canal.
Alker is an earth-based stabilized building material produced by the addition of gypsum, lime, and water to earth with the appropriate granulometric structure and with a cohesive property.
 Unbaked and produced on-site either as adobe blocks or by pouring into mouldings (the rammed earth technique), it has significant economical and ecological advantages.
 Its physical and mechanical properties are superior to traditional earth construction materials, and are comparable to other stabilized earthen materials.
 The ratios of the mixture are determined in accordance with the purpose of construction.
 Alker has primarily been used as a wall construction material; for this purpose, the addition of 8-10% gypsum, 2,5-5% lime, and 20% water to earth produces optimum results.
 These ratios may change according to the nature and content of clay in the soil.
In Ireland at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century, the Fortified House, along with the stronghouse, developed as a replacement for the tower house.
 'Fortified Houses' were often rectangular, or sometimes U or L-shaped, three-storey structures with high gables and chimney stacks and large windows with hood mouldings.
 Some examples have square towers at the corners.
 The interiors were relatively spacious with wooden partitions and numerous fireplaces.
 In a number of cases 'Fortified Houses' were built onto pre-existing tower houses.
 'Fortified Houses' were protected by gun fire from the angle towers and bartizans, and were also provided with bawn walls with gunloops, towers and protected gateways.
 'Fortified Houses' were built throughout Ireland by large landowners from a variety of backgrounds, such as the Old English Earl of Clanricarde who built Portumna Castle in County Galway; Gaelic lords such as MacDonogh MacCarthy, Lord of Duhallow, who built Kanturk Castle in County Cork; and Cromwellian soldiers such as Sir Charles Coote, who built Rush Hall in County Offaly.
A compressed earth block (CEB), also known as a "pressed earth block" or a "compressed soil block", is a building material made primarily from damp soil compressed at high pressure to form blocks.
 Compressed earth blocks use a mechanical press to form blocks out of an appropriate mix of fairly dry inorganic subsoil, non-expansive clay and aggregate.
 If the blocks are stabilized with a chemical binder such as Portland cement they are called "compressed stabilized earth block" (CSEB) or "stabilized earth block" (SEB).
 Typically, around 3000 psi is applied in compression, and the original soil volume is reduced by about half.
The word qalat (kalata) is Persian and qal'at (qal‘a) is Arabic for 'fortified place'.
 It frequently occurs in place names.
 Qalats can range from castles like Rumkale to the mud-brick compound common throughout southwest Asia.
 The term is used throughout the Muslim world to indicate a defensive fortress.
 It is even preserved in place names in places such as Sicily which was occupied by the Aghlabid dynasty and then the Fatimids from the ninth to the twelfth centuries.
Cob, cobb or clom (in Wales) is a natural building material made from subsoil, water, fibrous organic material (typically straw), and sometimes lime.
 The contents of subsoil naturally vary, and if it does not contain the right mixture it can be modified with sand or clay.
 Cob is fireproof, resistant to seismic activity, and inexpensive.
 It can be used to create artistic, sculptural forms, and its use has been revived in recent years by the natural building and sustainability movements.
Cemesto is a sturdy, light-weight, waterproof and fire-resistant composite building material made from a core of sugar cane fiber insulating board surfaced on both sides with asbestos and cement.
 Its name is a portmanteau word combining "cem" from "cement" and "esto" from "asbestos."
 A type of prefabricated home using this material came to be called "cemestos".