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English: The image comes from an illuminated manuscript of the Maqamat by Al-Hariri (1054-1122), painted in Iraq in the style of the Baghdad School by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. The manuscript was completed in 1237. Note that this is not a picture of Ibn Battuta (1304 – 1368/1369) who was born more than 70 years after the picture was painted.
Deutsch: Das Bild stammt aus den Maqamat des Al-Hariri in einer Ausgabe von 1237 und ist von Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti gemalt. Es entstand also vor Ibn Battutas Lebenszeit. -- Dr. 91.41 ( talk) 16:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Date 1237
Source Bibliothèque nationale de France. MS Arabe 5847 Folio 51.
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