A scene from Difret depicts the horseback kidnapping of the main character.

So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries

The regiment served as infantry in French trenches during 1915, and were not returned to their mounted status until February 16, 1916.