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Who is the unfortunate fellow below?
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This is a bit hard.
The one on the right of the picture, head down on the ground, looks to have been impaled, which was one Ottoman way of disposing of criminals, rebels, usurpers and so on.
But it was also a method exported to Rumania by Vlad Tepes, so...
The one to the left looks as though he's being sliced up or quartered.
Then there's the cauldron of boiling unfortunates...
The painting on the tiles is quite vigorous but a little bit crude- not quite up to the best of Iznik or Safavid tilework- and the moustaches and headgear and clothing is common throughout the Ottoman occupied Balkans, the mountainous parts of the Middle East, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan through to Iran and Afghanistan.
Hmmm....Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Hint: the fact that everyone's faces are showing except for the main victim implies his special cultural significance.
You're getting warm on what region of the ME in which the painting was made, but not necessarily where the event portrayed actually occurred.Comment
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Ah. I was thinking along the lines of something from the Shahnama, or maybe the punishment of a rebel in the Ottoman Empire or a rival claimant in the Safavid Empire.
It's the martyrdom of Hussein and his followers then.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Okay. You don't need to be an Italian immigrant or German mercenary to appreciate this one.Attached FilesVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Surrender of the Hessians to Washington after the battle of Trenton.Originally posted by molly bloom
Okay. You don't need to be an Italian immigrant or German mercenary to appreciate this one.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Here's one that I guarantee that Herreson would get (god rest his soul
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Attached FilesI'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Is it the Battle of Tannenberg between the Poles/Lithuanians and the Teutonic Knights in 1410?The Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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What does this picture depict? Where is the event taking place? Who is the central figure and what is he doing?
Edit: See below.Last edited by Alexander I; April 3, 2007, 00:02.The Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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YepOriginally posted by Alexander I Is it the Battle of Tannenberg between the Poles/Lithuanians and the Teutonic Knights in 1410?I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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Here's the pic.Attached FilesThe Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
The Kingdom of Jerusalem: Chronicles of the Golden Cross - a Crusader Kings After Action ReportComment
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I KNEW THISOriginally posted by Wycoff
Here's one that I guarantee that Herreson would get (god rest his soul )
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Sorry, Saras. I forgot about you.Originally posted by Saras
I KNEW THIS !!!
I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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laundry day ???anti steam and proud of it
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