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).
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).