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العربية: حصار المغول لبغداد سنة 1258م. مُنمنمة رُسمت على صفحتين في كتاب جامع التواريخ لرشيد الدين الهمذاني. يُحتمل أنها صُوِّرت في تبريز خلال الربع الأوَّل من القرن الرابع عشر الميلادي. الألوان مائيَّة والورق مُذهَّب. الحجم الأصلي: 37.4 سم x 29.3 سم (يمينًا)، 37.2 سم x 29 سم (يسارًا). محفوظة في المكتبة الوطنيَّة ببرلين. لاحظ الجُسُور العائمة وآلات الحصار، والدوادار (من كبار المسؤولين الحكوميين) يُحاول النجاة بنفسه عبر إحدى القوارب. للاطلاع على إحدى القسمين مُنفصلين من هذه المُنمنمة، انظر هُنا وهُنا.
English: Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols 1258. Double-page illustration of Rashid-ad-Din's Gami' at-tawarih. Tabriz (?), 1st quarter of 14th century. Water colours and gold on paper. Original size: 37.4 cm x 29.3 cm (right), 37.2 cm x 29 cm (left). Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Orientabteilung, Diez A fol. 70, p. 4 (right) and 7 (left). Note the ponton bridges, siege engines, and the dawatdar (a high official) attempting to flee by boat. For only the left or only the right part of the illustration, see Image:DiezAlbumsFallOfBaghdad_b.jpg and Image:DiezAlbumsFallOfBaghdad_a.jpg.
Date 14th century
date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Dschingis Khan und seine Erben (exhibition catalogue), München 2005, p. 252/253
Author unknown / (of the reproduction) Staatsbibliothek Berlin/Schacht

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