File:MoorishAmbassador to Elizabeth I.jpg
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Summary
anonymous: Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun (b.1558), Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I
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Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I Russian:
«Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I» |
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painting  |
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portrait |
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English: A reproduction of an Elizabethan painting of the Moorish ambassador who visited Queen Elizabeth I from Barbary in 1600 to propose an alliance against Spain. The original belongs to the collection of the University of Birmingham, England. It is the earliest surviving English portrait of a Muslim sitter.[1]
Inscriptions to the left: 1600 / Abdulguahid (Abd el-Ouahed). Aetatis (‘Age’): 42. Right: Legatus regis Barbariae in Angliam (‘ambassador of the king of Barbary to England’). العربية: عبد الواحد بن مسعود بن محمد عنون، سفير مغربي لدى الملكة إليزابيث عام 1600 لاقتراح تحالف ضد إسبانيا. ينتمي الأصل إلى مجموعة جامعة برمنغهام، إنجلترا. إنها أقدم صورة إنكليزية باقية لشخص مسلمة [2] النقوش على اليسار: 1600 / عبدالواحد (عبد الواحد). إيتاتيس ('العمر'): 42. على اليمين: Legatus regis Barbariae in Angliam ('سفير ملك البربري إلى إنجلترا'). |
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Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud |
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| Date | circa 1600 | |
| Medium | oil on oak wood | |
| Dimensions | height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 87.6 cm (34.4 in) | |
| Collection | University of Birmingham | |
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A0427 (University of Birmingham) |
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Art UK artwork ID: abd-el-ouahed-ben-messaoud-ben-mohammed-anoun-b-1558-moorish-ambassador-to-queen-elizabeth-i-34714 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://mimsy.bham.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=101212&t=objects | |
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