File:Iranischer Meister 001.jpg
Summary
Iskandar (Alexander the Great) oversees the building of the wall to fend off the Yajuj and Majuj people (Gog and Magog). This artist depicts a group of demons (div) helping in the task, even though that is not normally in the story.<a href="#cite_note-chester-beatty-db-2">[2]</a>
A miniature from a Book of Divinations (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falnama" class="extiw" title="en:Falnama">Falnama</a>) [of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%27far_al-Sadiq" class="extiw" title="en:Ja'far al-Sadiq">Ja'far al-Sadiq</a><a href="#cite_note-thompson-canby-1">[1]</a>] made for Tahmasp I (r. 1524–76)<a href="#cite_note-chester-beatty-db-2">[2]</a>
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| current | 14:29, 4 January 2017 | | 1,576 × 2,067 (419 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Iskandar (Alexander the Great) oversees the building of the wall to fend off the Yajuj and Majuj people (Gog and Magog). This artist depicts a group of demons (div) helping in the task, even though that is not normally in the story.<sup id="cite_ref-chester-beatty-db_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chester-beatty-db-2">[2]</a></sup><br>A miniature from a <i>Book of Divinations</i> (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falnama" class="extiw" title="en:Falnama">Falnama</a></i>) [of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%27far_al-Sadiq" class="extiw" title="en:Ja'far al-Sadiq">Ja'far al-Sadiq</a><sup id="cite_ref-thompson-canby_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thompson-canby-1">[1]</a></sup>] made for Tahmasp I (r. 1524–76)<sup id="cite_ref-chester-beatty-db_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chester-beatty-db-2">[2]</a></sup> |
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