At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
A desert palace about fifty miles east of Amman. The book says that Musil discovered it in 1898 CE, and researchers attribute it to the caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. 4
Its construction
It has two parts: a reception hall covered by three half-cylindrical vaults, containing the niche of the throne, and a hot bath of three rooms. 5
The six figures
The book says that the figures of six people on its walls were famous as representing the "enemies of Islam". Researchers, however, see them as representing the kings of the neighbouring powers: the Caesar of Rome, Roderic king of the Visigoths, Khosrow, the Negus, the king of China and the king of the Turks. 6
This identification is the view of the researchers, as the book presents it.
Sources
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 157
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 158
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 159
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p.157
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p.158
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p.159
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islam.museum contributors. “Qusayr Amra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/qusayr-amra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.