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Iskandar with the Russian king, 1531-1532. Having struck off the fetters from the King of the Russians with his sword, Iskandar gives him a robe and entertains him. A miniature painting from a 16th century manuscript of the Sharafnama, the first part of Nizami's Iskandarnama, a poem on the Alexander romance. (Bengal, probably Gur, 1531-1532).
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Caption:
Iskandar with the Russian king, 1531-1532. Having struck off the fetters from the King of the Russians with his sword, Iskandar gives him a robe and entertains him. A miniature painting from a 16th century manuscript of the Sharafnama, the first part of Nizami's Iskandarnama, a poem on the Alexander romance. (Bengal, probably Gur, 1531-1532).
Credit:
Album / British Library Board / TopFoto
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Image size:
3266 x 5348 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
27.7 x 45.3 cm | 10.9 x 17.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16TH CENTURY • ARBOL • ART & LITERATURE • ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS • BENEVOLENCE • BENGALI • CENTURY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • CONQUEROR • CONQUISTADOR • COUNTRY • EMPEROR • EMPIRE BUILDER • ENTERTAINING • FRUIT SALAD • GBR • GREECE • GREEK • GUY • HISTORY & POLITICS • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS • IRAN • IRANIAN • ISLAM • ISLAMIC • KEYWORDING. COM • KING • LOCATION • MACEDON • MACEDONIA • MACEDONIAN • MALE • MAN • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • MEN • MINIATURE • MONARCH • NATURE • PAINTING • PEOPLE • PERSIA • PERSIAN • PLANT • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • ROYAL • ROYALTY • RULER • RUSIA • RUSSIA • RUSSIAN • SEATED • SIT • SITS • SITTING • SIXTEENTH CENTURY • SOCIETY & CULTURE • SOVEREIGN • TGN • TREE • TREES • WAR & MILITARY • WARS, BATTLES & EVENTS • WILDERNESS
