Marzubannama
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The Marzubannama by Sa'ad ad-Din Varavini is a collection of 10th century fables in Persian
dialect, translated into Arabic around 1220.
The text survives in an illustrated manuscript dating to 1299 (Ilkhanid period, MS 216 in the Archaeology Museum Library, Istanbul
). It contains the earliest extant representation of Muhammad
in a Persian manuscript, predating the cycle of MS Arab 161 by a decade.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
dialect, translated into Arabic around 1220.
The text survives in an illustrated manuscript dating to 1299 (Ilkhanid period, MS 216 in the Archaeology Museum Library, Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
). It contains the earliest extant representation of Muhammad
Depictions of Muhammad
The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, has long been a concern in the history of Islam. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visual depictions....
in a Persian manuscript, predating the cycle of MS Arab 161 by a decade.