Turkey: 'Ali Beheading Nadr ibn al-Harith in the Presence of the Prophet Muhammad'. Miniature painting from Mustafa al-Darir's 'Siyar-i-Nabi', c. 1594. Nadr ibn al-Harith had repeatedly mocked the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an. The miniature comes from a six-volume edition of the Life of the Prophet commissioned by Sultan Murad III and made in the court studio in Istanbul. The Prophet Muhammad is depicted veiled to show respect, as was the general custom of the time.

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