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Epic of Alexander the Great   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Ahmedi  (circa 1334
date QS:P,+1334–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
– 1413)  wikidata:Q6956644 s:tr:Kişi:Ahmedî
 
Ahmedi
Alternative names
Ahmedî; Taj al-Din Ibrahim ibn Khidr Ahmadi; Taceddin Ahmedi
Description Ottoman poet
Date of birth/death circa 1334
date QS:P,+1334-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
1413 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Amasya
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creator QS:P170,Q6956644
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Kamal ibn `Abd Allah al-Qaramani
Title
Epic of Alexander the Great
Description
English: Walters manuscript W.664, copied by Kamal ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qaramani in a clear vocalized Naskh script, is a copy of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendername) by Ahmet bin Ibrahim Ahmedi (died 815 AH/AD 1413). It was completed in Aleppo (Halab) in 891 AH/AD 1486. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with a decorated title page and an incipit page with the inscription: al-mulk li-Llah al-wahid (Supreme authority belongs the One God).
Date 1486 AD (891 AH) (Ottoman Empire
era QS:P2348,Q12560
)
Medium ink and pigments on thick, non-European paper and Italian paper covered with brown leather
Dimensions Folio height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 23 cm (9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,23U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.664
Place of creation Aleppo, Syria
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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