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Iran / Persia: Jonah rescued from the belly of the whale, helped by an angel. Folio from a copy of the Jami al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247-1318), c. 1400.

Iran / Persia: Jonah rescued from the belly of the whale, helped by an angel. Folio from a copy of the Jami al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247-1318), c. 1400. Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated in the Qur'an, where Jonah is identified as Yunus or Yunan.
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Iran / Persia: Jonah rescued from the belly of the whale, helped by an angel. Folio from a copy of the Jami al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247-1318), c. 1400.
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Iran / Persia: Jonah rescued from the belly of the whale, helped by an angel. Folio from a copy of the Jami al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247-1318), c. 1400. Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated in the Qur'an, where Jonah is identified as Yunus or Yunan.
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32.3 x 22.4 cm | 12.7 x 8.8 in (300 dpi)
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