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Stoning of woman - Public domain dedication image
Summary
The Stoning of an Adulteress, illustration to a manuscript of 1001 Nights by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari or his atelier. Tehran, 1853-1857. (Caption from Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800, University of Illinois Press, 2003, p. 231).
A monument of medieval Arabic and Persian literature, a collection of fairy tales and short stories framed by the story of the Persian king Shahriyar and his wife Shaherazade (Shahrazade). The first complete printed edition in Arabic, known as the Bulak edition, was published in Cairo in 1835.
Date
1853 - 1857
Source
Charles Melville (2001): "Persian Painting. From the Mongols to the Qajars"
Copyright info
Public Domain
