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Description: Conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols 1258. Right part of a 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. Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Orientabteilung, Diez A fol. 70, p. 4. Note the ponton bridge, siege engine, and the refugee on the boat, maybe a high dignitary or even the calif himself. For the complete illustration, see Image:DiezAlbumsFallOfBaghdad.jpg.
Title: DiezAlbumsFallOfBaghdad a
Credit: Dschingis Khan und seine Erben (exhibition catalogue), München 2005, p. 253
Author: unknown / (of the reproduction) Staatsbibliothek Berlin/Schacht
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