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- 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...30 KB (3,281 words) - 20:03, 18 July 2024
- 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...381 bytes (85 words) - 13:10, 23 March 2024
- 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...103 KB (11,764 words) - 02:01, 9 July 2024
- 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...35 KB (3,958 words) - 08:46, 6 August 2024
- 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...9 KB (895 words) - 10:13, 27 October 2023
- 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...79 KB (9,049 words) - 14:46, 6 August 2024
- frieze. The desert palaces in Jordan and Syria (for example, Mshatta, Qusayr 'Amra, and Hisham's Palace) served the caliphs as living quarters, reception...89 KB (11,459 words) - 19:44, 25 July 2024
- 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...27 KB (3,172 words) - 03:03, 11 June 2024
- 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...22 KB (2,607 words) - 19:12, 27 June 2024
- 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...31 KB (1,395 words) - 07:03, 26 July 2024
- 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...14 KB (1,784 words) - 02:12, 20 July 2024
- 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...112 KB (14,309 words) - 05:08, 29 July 2024
- 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...16 KB (647 words) - 06:18, 9 June 2024
- reliefs. While figural scenes were notably present in monuments like Qusayr 'Amra, non-figural decoration and more abstract scenes became highly favoured...203 KB (24,046 words) - 18:29, 1 August 2024
- 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...25 KB (2,912 words) - 02:48, 10 May 2024
- "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...23 KB (3,156 words) - 00:35, 1 August 2024
- '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...12 KB (1,614 words) - 09:06, 8 April 2024
- (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...20 KB (2,271 words) - 11:52, 31 July 2024
- 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...12 KB (1,561 words) - 06:13, 14 June 2024
- no. 5. p. 33. Musil, Alois (1907). Kusejr 'Amra. Vienna: K. Hiersmann. Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art....11 KB (1,289 words) - 07:48, 28 February 2024