A different representation of Imam Ali in the Islamic miniature

  • Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Elassal ​Member at Committee of investigation “INTECBIC”, HUM 428, Junta Andalusia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ANQE.60538
Keywords: Imam Ali, Islamic Miniature, Islamic Art, Illustrations, Manuscripts, Aniconism, Shi’is

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a new representation for Imam Ali in Islamic miniatures; veiling all his body, not only facial features, by fire circle as a new style of his illuminations in Islamic miniatures. This appearance found in the manuscript of Hayder Nameh at the National Library in Cairo. Usually he is represented with halo of light around his face, or sometimes by veiling his face, and other illustrations he is appeared normally with all facial features. The new presented representation in this article could be interpreted as aniconism in the Islamic art.

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Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Elassal, ​Member at Committee of investigation “INTECBIC”, HUM 428, Junta Andalusia.
departmento de historia del arte, Universidad de Cordoba, Espana
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Published
2019-04-09
How to Cite
Elassal I. M. I. (2019). A different representation of Imam Ali in the Islamic miniature. Anaquel de Estudios Árabes, 30, 231-250. https://doi.org/10.5209/ANQE.60538
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Vol. 30 (2019)
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