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Summary
Object
anonymous : 'Alexander Visits the Ka'bah', Folio from a Copy of Firdawsi's Shahnamah | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | illuminated manuscript / painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Folio from a Copy of Firdawsi’s Shahnamah showing Alexander visiting the Kaaba. Shiraz, Iran mid-16th century. Cropped to show Alexander and the Kaaba
العربية:
الإسكندر الأكبر عند الكعبة، في ورقة من الشاهنامه ، شيراز ، منتصف القرن السادس عشر
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Depicted people | Alexander the Great | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language | Persian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
16
th
century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation | Shiraz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Photograph
Description Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage mss-0771 CROP.jpg | |
Date | 7 November 2006, 03:29:14 |
Source | Originally cropped from File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage mss-0771.jpg ; replaced by higher resolution version cropped from File:Alexander the Great Visits the Ka‘bah, Folio from a Copy of Firdawsi’s Shahnamah - Google Art Project.jpg , with a small increase in contrast, using IrfanView |
Author | Khalili Collections / Google Art Project |
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