Iran/Persia: The Prophet Muhammad prohibiting intercalation. 17th century Ottoman copy of an early 14th century (Ilkhanate period) manuscript. The Prophet Muhammad preaching his final sermon to his earliest converts, on Mount Ararat near Mecca; taken from a medieval-era manuscript of the astronomical treatise 'The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries' by the Persian scholar al-Biruni; currently housed in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. Representations of the Prophet are controversial, and generally forbidden in Sunni Islam (especially Hanafiyya, Wahabi, Salafiyya).

---

Size: 5400px × 3240px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 17th, allah, arab, arabia, arabian, art, arts, asia, asian, century, east, eastern, empire, historical, history, ilkhanate, illustration, image, images, intercalation, iran, iranian, islam, islamic, kaaba, kabah, makkah, manuscript, mecca, middle, muhammad, muslim, nabi, ottoman, painting, persia, persian, pictures, prophet, rasul, religion, religious, sermon, turkey, turkish, writing