"From then on, wearing black became their customary attire. "During the Umayyad Caliphate era, they would wear white clothing upon the death of their king to differentiate themselves from the ...

In the Umayyad Caliphate (AD661 - 750 ... During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD751 - 1258), black became the ceremonial colour for court officials. Black became a popular colour for clothes because ...

Built in the early 8th century beside the Wadi Butum, a seasonal watercourse, this desert establishment was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence/pleasure palace of the Umayyad caliphate.