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Original fileMohammed receiving the submission of the Banu Nadir
In this manuscript illumination, the Prophet Muhammad rides a brown horse, holding a spear and wearing a checked tunic and turban. An angel with large dark wings hovers immediately behind him. To the left, members of the Banu Nadir tribe look down from the stone battlements of a fortress, their hands raised in gesture, while others stand near the arched entrance. To the right, armed followers of Muhammad stand in a group, dressed in long patterned robes and carrying swords and shields. The scene is set against a plain background with a sun-like emblem above the central figures.
This illustration originates from the 'Jami' al-tawarikh' (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din Hamadani, a monumental history of the world commissioned by the Ilkhanate rulers. It depicts a pivotal historical event in 625 CE, the expulsion of the Banu Nadir from Medina following their alleged betrayal of the Prophet, illustrating the political and military consolidation of early Islam.
Rashid al-Din Hamadani
This image is a folio from his historical work, Jami' al-tawarikh.
Object
gouache
paper
Ilkhanid period
Persian
manuscript-illumination
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Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
720 × 350 px
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