Scene from the Sharaf-nameh

مشهد من حياة الإسكندر

A scene of the life of Alexander from the Sharaf-nameh; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2021.237.

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A page from the Sharafnama of Nizami: a scene from the life of Alexander; sixteenth century, probably Shiraz. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Scene from the Sharaf-nameh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/iskandar-sharaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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