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The fall and death of Ahmed Gran (1528-1540), shot by a Portuguese musketeer. Ahmed Gran was probably the fiercest Muslim warrior to battle the Christians in Ethiopia. He was a 16th century warrior whose powers were said to be miraculous. He was impervious to bullets, and his huge sword could severe a tree. He was killed by a combined Portuguese-Ethiopian army. Wooden panel painted at the beginning of this century by Kegneketa Jemlieri Hailu of Gondar. The African Adventure - A History of Africa's Explorers by Timothy Severin, page 49.
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The fall and death of Ahmed Gran (1528-1540), shot by a Portuguese musketeer. Ahmed Gran was probably the fiercest Muslim warrior to battle the Christians in Ethiopia. He was a 16th century warrior whose powers were said to be miraculous. He was impervious to bullets, and his huge sword could severe a tree. He was killed by a combined Portuguese-Ethiopian army. Wooden panel painted at the beginning of this century by Kegneketa Jemlieri Hailu of Gondar. The African Adventure - A History of Africa's Explorers by Timothy Severin, page 49.
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Image size:
3634 x 2419 px | 25.2 MB
Print size:
30.8 x 20.5 cm | 12.1 x 8.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16TH CENTURY • AFRICA • AFRICAN ADVENTURE • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN CULTURES • AFRICAN • AFRIKAANS • AHMED GRAN • AMHARA REGION • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • ART SUBJECTS RELIGIOUS ISLAMIC GRAPHIC WARFARE • BATTLE • BEGEMDER PROVINCE • CHRISTIANS • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • ETHIOPIA • ETHIOPIAN ARMY • ETHIOPIAN • GONDAR • HATS • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • IMPERIAL CAPTIAL • IMPERIAL • KEGNEKETA JEMLIERI HAILU • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • LANCE • LANCES • MAN • MEN • MURDER • MUSKETEER • MUSLIM WARRIOR • MUSLIM • PEOPLE • PORTUGUESE ARMY • PORTUGUESE • PRIVATE (MIL.) • ROBE • SIXTEENTH CENTURY • SOLIDIER • SOLIDIERS • SPEAR • TROOPS • TUNIC • WAR • WARFARE • WARRIOR • WEAPONS • WOODEN PANEL
