Painting of the Six Kings
لوحة الملوك الستة
A fresco in the Umayyad palace of Qusayr Amra in Jordan showing six kings, including Kisra, Caesar and the Negus; among the oldest surviving Islamic wall paintings.
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A mural in the Umayyad palace of Qusayr 'Amra in Jordan showing six kings, among them the kings of Persia and Byzantium and the Negus; one of the oldest surviving Islamic murals. 1
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islam.museum contributors. “Painting of the Six Kings”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/lawhat-al-muluk-al-sitta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.