SagasofBharat
SagasofBharat

@SagasofBharat

9 Tweets 14 reads Jul 02, 2024
🧵Oh let me help you with few images of Prophet Mo that Rahul can use next time. This is how Mo looked like.
1. The Prophet Muhammad sits with the Abrahamic prophets in Jerusalem, anonymous, Mi‘rajnama (Book of Ascension), Tabriz, ca. 1317-1330.
Source: Topkapi Palace library
2. Isaiah’s vision of Jesus riding a donkey and Muhammad riding a camel, al-Biruni, al-Athar al-Baqiyya ‘an al-Qurun al-Khaliyya, Tabriz, Iran, 1307-8
Source : Edinburgh University Library
3. Black ink sketch of the Prophet Muhammad enthroned, Iran, 14th century
Source: Berlin State Library
4. The Prophet Muhammad enthroned, surmounted by angels, and surrounded by his companions, Firdawsi, Shahnama (Book of Kings), probably Shiraz, Iran, early 14th century.
Source : Smithsonian Institution
5. Medieval Persian manuscript depicting Muhammad leading Abraham, Moses and Jesus in prayer.
Source: An Illustrated History by Barbara Hanawalt (Oxford University Press, 1998)
6. Department of Manuscripts, Turkish supplement
7. Mohammed receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel. Miniature illustration on vellum from the book Jami' al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din, published in Tabriz, Persia, 1307 C
Source: Edinburgh University Library, Scotland.
8. The Investiture of Ali at Ghadir Khumm, an illustration from Al-Biruni's Chronology of Ancient Nations.
Source: Edinburgh University Library.
9. Mohammed (riding the horse) receiving the submission of the Banu Nadir, a Jewish tribe he defeated at Medina. From the Jami'al-Tawarikh, dated 1314-5.
Source : In the Nour Foundation's Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London.

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