Destruction_of_the_Tomb_of_Husain_at_Kerbela.jpg


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العربية: رسم توضيحي من مُنَمْنَمة والتي تُصوِّر التدمير التاريخي لقبر الحسين في كربلاء بأمر من الخليفة المتوكل. يصور الحدث، الموضح في طبقات، مذبحة عنيفة أعقبت التدمير الأولي. يتخلل الرسم التوضيحي أجزاء كبيرة من النص على اليسار. مرسومة بألوان الجواش على الورق.
English: Recto: Illustration from the dispersed Ta'rikh-i Alfi manuscript depicting the historical destruction of the Tomb of Husain at Kerbela on the orders of Caliph al-Mutawakkil. The event, depicted in layers, portrays a violent massacre following the initial destruction. The illustration is interupted by large segments of text on the left. Painted in gouache on paper.
Date 1590-1595 (circa)
Source http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=231667&partid=1&searchText=mughal&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=63
Author Mughal Style

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