Abu Bakr Saves Muhammad from Stoning

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: "Feeling against Muhammad among the Meccans grew so strong that one day they attempted to stone him; they spared the Prophet only because Abu Bakr (center), a respected merchant and an illustrious convert to Islam, wept and pleaded with them."

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