A scene of the life of Alexander from the Sharaf-nameh
The image depicts a scene with several people on horses and one standing by a tree. The scene has a man on a brown horse wearing a blue tunic and a gold crown-like object on his head. He faces right. A man on a black and white horse wearing pink faces him. A man on a white horse wearing blue faces right. A fourth man in green stands by a tree to the left. A man in purple lies on the ground. The background includes a tree with green leaves and a hill with a yellow sky and a white cloud. The image has a border with writing in a language that is not English. The scene appears to come from a book with the scene taking up most of the page and writing in the same language occupying the top and bottom. The scene is from the "Sharaf-nameh" and depicts a scene from the life of Alexander.
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