Help With Identification

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  1. Shwikman

    Shwikman Well-Known Member

    IMG_2025-04-29-190704.jpeg IMG_2025-04-29-190826.jpeg IMG_2025-04-29-190749.jpeg Recently inherited this. On the back is a label that says, "depicts a scene from the live of the prophet Mohammad" and what looks like an inventory number of some sort.
    Thank You
     
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    Shwikman, Apr 29, 2025
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Would/could you post a photograph of the label please?

    Debora
     
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  3. Shwikman

    Shwikman Well-Known Member

    Unfortunately I'm not with the picture now, but I will try to do so soon
     
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  4. Shwikman

    Shwikman Well-Known Member

    IMG_2025-04-29-194355.jpeg IMG_2025-04-29-194432.jpeg
    Whoops, in all the madness I forgot that I brought this home. Here you go, it's a bit faint
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The face is covered because in Islam, depicting the Prophet Muhammad visually, whether as an image or statue, is generally discouraged or forbidden by many Muslims.

    Remember Charlie Hebdo, It published cartoons of the prophet in 2012, forcing France to temporarily close embassies and schools in more than 20 countries amid fears of reprisals.
    There were mass shootings by members of the religion of peace, they killed 12 and seriously injured 14.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I wonder if it is Indian or Pakistani folk art.
     
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  7. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    I believe the faithful were peeved at some editorial cartoons ?
     
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  8. daveydempsey

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    Yes ,published cartoons of the prophet, as I said.
     
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  9. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Muhammed is wielding a split tip sword, the "zulfiqar". Some traditions say he acquired this magical sword at the battle of Uhud between the early Muslims and the Quraysh (the tribe that controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam), so this drawing may depict that battle. Mohammed later gifted the sword to Ali ibn Abi Talib (Mohammed's cousin, son-in-law, and first Shia Imam), and it became an important symbol of Ali's piety and strength. The zulfiqar was used as an emblem on Ottoman flags and remains a potent symbol, particularly among Shiite Muslims.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfiqar
    https://visihttps://en.wikipedia.or...e-of-topkapis-treasures-the-sword-of-zulfiqar
    https://abu-sayed.medium.com/zulfiq...word-in-the-history-of-the-world-c6b56dc2a59e
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uhud
     
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