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To: odds

whoops....should have pinged you to # 51.

seems that most of the depictions featured on that website have their origin in Persia.


53 posted on 04/02/2012 8:29:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks; 1010RD

Very interesting - in top 3 pictures there Mohammad looks Central Asian (slanted eyes)! as he does in several of last pictures, namely from Afghanistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Am not totally surprised, maybe a bit of Mongol influence after their invasion and during their rule, given the timeline mentioned in your link. Btw, Al-Biruni was not a “Persian”, he was an Uzbek, born there too. Though because today’s Uzbekistan was part of the Persian Empire, others call him “Persian”.

In publicly displayed paintings I saw back in Iran long ago, Mo and shia imams looked distinctly Arab - facial features and all.

I also recall one or two religious programs (mini-series) on tv in Iran back then about Mo and especially the 3rd shia imam Hussein. But, in those series they never showed their faces.


54 posted on 04/02/2012 9:08:22 PM PDT by odds
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