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| Keywords: Hatifi - Alexander the Great (Iskandar) Being Handed a Letter that Describes a Dangerous Passage Through the Mountains - Walters W657304B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 657 depicts Alexander the Great Iskandar being handed a letter that describes a dangerous passage through the mountains 10th century AH/AD 16th century Safavid ink and pigments on tinted laid paper cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins cm 28 19 accession number W 657 304B 83319 Mundir date and mode of acquisition unknown seal impression with motton on fol 280b Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi Tabriz 1295 AH/AD 1878 mode of acquisition unknown note regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by the bookbinder on front flyleaf iia Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin India Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Hatifi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Miniatures of Alexander the Great | ||||
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