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Guards (east), Umayyad Fresco, Quṣayr ʿAmra, Jordan, early 8th century AD.
Audience Hall, Central Alcove, East Wall.



Audience hall, central alcove, east wall: view of fresco depicting figures standing under an arcade.
Source: Daniel C. Waugh Archive, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT



Referenced on p.32, EH - 071 - The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632-750 by David Nicolle
Facing a pair of soldiers on the other side of an enthroned member of the Umayyad ruling family are more spear-armed soldiers who, lacking helmets, may represent light cavalry. One or perhaps two of them have their hands open in the welcoming gesture which also appears on other wall paintings in this ceremonial reception hall, (in situ Qusayr 'Amra, Jordan)





Referenced as Figure 122 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
122. Frescoes from Quṣayr ʿAmra, mid-8th century AD, Syrian, in situ, Jordan.

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