Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, sometimes also named Qasr Amra (Arabic: قصر عمرة, romanized: Qaṣr ‘Amrah, lit. 'small qasr of 'Amra'), is the best-known of...
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known as Qusayr Qusayr Amra, Umayyad desert castle in Jordan All pages with titles containing Qusayr Battle of al-Qusayr (2012) Al-Qusayr offensive Battle...
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century, was a great patron of erotic art. Among the depictions of the Qusayr Amra, which were built by him, is the abundance of naked females and love...
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Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) as part of palaces and desert castles at Qusayr 'Amra, Hammam al-Sarah, Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, and Khirbat al-Majfar. Shortly...
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material. Among his discoveries was the 8th-century desert castle of Qusayr 'Amra, now famous for its figurative Islamic paintings. In the process of trying...
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Mosque of Damascus, and secular buildings such as the Mshatta Palace and Qusayr 'Amra. The Umayyad Caliphate was established in 661 after Ali, the son-in-law...
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Archaeology of a Byzantine City - Link IV: Qusayr 'Amra". Fowden, Garth (2004). "Luxuries of the Bath". Qusayr Amra Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique...
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frieze. The desert palaces in Jordan and Syria (for example, Mshatta, Qusayr 'Amra, and Hisham's Palace) served the caliphs as living quarters, reception...
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was mainly used for irrigation, but not exclusively, as the example of Qusayr 'Amra shows, where it was used at least in part to provide water for a royal...
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Obverse Reverse Issue Date 1⁄2 dinar 131 × 62 mm Brown Hussein bin Talal Qusayr 'Amra August 1, 1992 1 dinar 137 × 66 mm Green The Cardo in Jerash 5 dinar...
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reliefs. While figural scenes were notably present in monuments like Qusayr 'Amra, non-figural decoration and more abstract scenes became highly favoured...
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fortress, so only a few of the buildings called quṣur are "desert castles". Qusayr 'Amra Qasr Azraq Qasr Hallabat Qasr Kharanah al-Muwaqqar al-Qastal Hammam al-Sarah...
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'Amra, in which Mielich's drawings took up the second volume. Musil describes Mielich's reaction upon first sighting the paintings at Qusayr 'Amra: "I...
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McFarland & Co. p. 263. ISBN 978-0786458394. Retrieved 29 November 2021. Qusayr 'Amra Archived 2021-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, World Monuments Fund, accessed...
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confirmed by the decoration of the so-called "desert palaces" (including Qusayr Amra and Khirbat al-Mafjar) that have been attributed to him. He quickly attracted...
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British West End musical La Cava (2000). Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drayson, "Ways of Seeing". His name...
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يَزِيد Amir al-Mu'minin Khalifat Allah Fresco of Walid ibn Yazid from Qusayr Amra 11th Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate Reign 6 February 743 – 17 April...
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no. 5. p. 33. Musil, Alois (1907). Kusejr 'Amra. Vienna: K. Hiersmann. Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art....
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(1st row) Various examples of early Umayyad paintings in Qusayr 'Amra. (2nd row) Examples of Abbasid Figural paintings from Samarra. (3rd row) Examples...
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(making the arch less "blunt" and more "sharp"), from 1⁄10 of the span in Qusayr 'Amra (712-715 AD), to 1⁄6 in Hammam as-Sarah (725-730), to 1⁄5 in Qasr Al-Mshatta...
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Castle Montreal (castle) Montréal (castle) Wu'ayra Castle Desert castles Qusayr 'Amra Qasr al-Hallabat Qasr Azraq Qasr Al-Kharanah Qasr Al-Mshatta Qasr Al-Qatraneh...
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University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-810-2. Fowden, Garth (2004). Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria. Berkeley and Los Angeles:...
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"The Painting of the Six Kings at Quṣayr 'Amrah," Ars Orientalis, Vol. 1, 1954, pp. 185-187 Fowden, G., Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late...
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Reconquest of Spain. Longman. pp. 15–16. Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drayson, "Ways of Seeing". Collins...
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Copy of a mural from Qusayr Amra, depicting king Roderic...
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Castle Montreal (castle) Montréal (castle) Wu'ayra Castle Desert castles Qusayr 'Amra Qasr al-Hallabat Qasr Azraq Qasr Al-Kharanah Qasr Al-Mshatta Qasr Al-Qatraneh...
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km apart on the historical caravan route between Amman and Azraq via Qusayr 'Amra, on which all these localities acted as way stations. Desert castles...
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Documents". Ars Orientalis. 6: 7–46. JSTOR 4629220. Fowden, Garth (2004). Quṣayr ʻAmra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria. Berkeley and Los Angeles:...
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the perimeter of the space at the height of 2.10 meters. Similar to Qusayr 'Amra and Hammam as-Sarah, three barrel vaults support the roof of the structure...
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Fowden, G., Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria, University of California Press, 2004 p. 158 Fowden, G., Qusayr 'Amra: Art and...
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