File:Execution of Prisonsers Belgrade-Suleymanname.jpg

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Description	العربية: منمنمة عثمانية من كتاب سليمان نامة، تُظهر إعدام سجين بالفيل، ومن المحتمل أن تكون قرب بلغراد. يظهر السلطان سليمان القانوني في الخيمة الملكية بينما السجين يُداس تحت أقدام الفيل، الذي يسوسه مدرب آسيوي الملامح وفتيان عاريا الصدر، في الزاوية اليمنى اليسرى تُظهر مجموعة من السجناء تحت حراسة جندٍ من الإنكشارية، وهم يشاهدون الإعدام بقلق، يظهر في خلفية الصورة أيضاً جنود وخيالة من الجيش العثماني English: Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Süleymanname. This scene depicts the execution of prisoners possibly near Belgrade. Süleyman is pictured in his royal tent while a prisoner is trampled by a rather sinister-looking elephant in the foreground. Worried prisoners watch anxiously in the lower right corner. Guards and other officials watch alongside soldiers and cavalry in the background. The elephant is commanded by an Asian trainer and two shirtless men.
Date	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source	http://warfare.tk/Ottoman/Ottoman.htm
Author	Matrakci Nasuh


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