Al-buraq, Copenhagen Nationalmuseet, Dept. of Ethnography; Inv. DA 758. The inspiration for the Al-b
Al-buraq, Copenhagen Nationalmuseet, Dept. of Ethnography; Inv. DA 758. The inspiration for the Al-buraq, according to T.W. Arnold, was drawn from many pre-Islamic representative traditions in western Asia, including the centaur of Babylon, the ‘man-headed bulls’ of Assyria and the Sphinx. -- source link
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