Muhammad Brings Forth A Spring in Mecca

A Persian miniature taken from the Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, completed around 1388. The Ottoman ruler Murad III commissioned a lavish illustrated copy of the work. The calligrapher Lutfi Abdullah completed the work in 1595. The Prophet Muhammad is always shown veiled. The illustration is captioned: "When Muhammad brought forth a spring in Mecca, however, the people declared he was an evil sorcerer, not a prophet, some in fact, led by the wicked Abu Jahl (blue turban), plotted his death".

16E SIECLE • 16EME S • AMBASSADEUR • AMBASSADEURS • ARABE • ARABIE • ART PERSAN • CALLIGRAPHE • CALLIGRAPHIE • CHAPEAU TURBAN • DIPLOMATE • DIPLOMATES • ENCHANTEMENT • FONDATEUR • FONDATRICE • GRAOUPE • GROUPE • ILLUSTRATION • ISLAMIQUE • MAGIE SORCELLERIE • MARCHANDE • MINIATURE • MYTHES: PERSES • ORATEUR • ORATEURS • ORATORIEN • PERSAN • PERSE • PERSES • PERSES, MYTHES • PROPHETE • RELIGION • SEIZIÈME SIÈCLE • SORCELLERIE • SORCIER • SORCIERE • SPEAKER • TURBAN • TURBANS • VETEMENT: TURBAN • VOILE (VETEMENT) • VOILE • VOILEE • VOILES • VOILETTE • XVIE SIECLE