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Alexander kills a dragon
(الإسكندر يقتل تنينا)

Title	Alexander kills a dragon
Title Original	الإسكندر يقتل تنينا
Publication Date:	AH 11th century / AD 17th century
Publication Place	Probably Isfahan, Iran - National Museum of Art of Romania
Subject	Gouache, ink and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 12 سم ، العرض : 10.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	111883 / 1746
Record ID	object;EPM;rm;Mus21;16;ar
Library Location	National Museum of Art of Romania
Date	AH 11th century / AD 17th century
Notes	The miniature cut from the manuscript shows a period in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh in which Alexander kills a dragon by trickery by making it swallow a bull containing oil. The scene is depicted in a landscape with a cliff in the background and under the bewildered eyes of the three figures dressed in seventeenth-century costumes located above the fortress gate.
Sample Text	"Alexander slays a dragon" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;16;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mircea DUNCA
Seçili bibliyografya	Dunca, M.,Islamic Art at the National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2015: 114, no. 54.

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Alexander kills a dragon

(الإسكندر يقتل تنينا)

Publication Date AH 11th century / AD 17th century

Publication Place Probably Isfahan, Iran - National Museum of Art of Romania

Subject Gouache, ink and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 12 سم ، العرض : 10.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 111883 / 1746

Record ID object;EPM;rm;Mus21;16;ar

Library Location National Museum of Art of Romania

Date AH 11th century / AD 17th century

Notes The miniature cut from the manuscript shows a period in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh in which Alexander kills a dragon by trickery by making it swallow a bull containing oil. The scene is depicted in a landscape with a cliff in the background and under the bewildered eyes of the three figures dressed in seventeenth-century costumes located above the fortress gate.

Sample Text "Alexander slays a dragon" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;16;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mircea DUNCA

Seçili bibliyografya Dunca, M.,Islamic Art at the National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2015: 114, no. 54.