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| Keywords: Birthofmuhammed.jpg Birth of Prophet Muhammed Picture from folio 44a of the Jami ˜ al-tavarikh Iran Tabriz c A H 714/A D 1314 “15 The manuscript is located at Edinburgh University Library MS Arab 20 folio 42r Cat 6 The illustrators of the Jami often borrowed iconography from other traditions such as Christian manuscripts to create their images For the birth of Muhammad they adapted a Christian nativity scene The three women on the left take the place of the three magi The grandfather of the prophet Abd al-Muttalib on the right takes the place of Joseph In other images the compositions might be original but stock figures would be used in them <gallery>file Mohammed's birth jpg File Birthofmuhammed big jpg</gallery> References Cite book Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press 9780197276273 Blair Sheila Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art RashÄ«d al-DÄ«n ṬabÄ«b A compendium of chronicles Rashid al-Din's illustrated history of the world 1995 68-69 PD-Art Muhammad in Persian miniatures Childbirths in art Art of Tabriz Jami al-Tawarikh Edinburgh Muslim depictions of Muhammad Angels in Islam Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
