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A map showing the route of the Spanish Armada from May to October 1588 CE. The Armada was sent by Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598 CE) to invade the kingdom of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) but was defeated by the Royal Navy and...

Anthology of Persian Poetry with the poems of Hafez Shiraz Folios 33r-32v Iran, 17th century CE

Portrait of Persian poet Hafez Shiraz (also given as Hafiz, l. 1315-1390 CE) by Abolhassan Sadighi, 1970 CE. Society for the National Heritage of Iran

A c. 1578 CE portrait by Nicholas Haillard of Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567 CE). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

A c. 1560 CE portrait attributed to Steven van der Meulen of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (l. c. 1532-1588 CE) and favourite of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE). (The Wallace Collection, London)

A 17th century CE painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen of the Spanish Armada which sailed to invade England in 1588 CE. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Silk damask flag from Istanbul, dated 1810–1811 CE; it depicts the zulfiqar, Caliph Ali's (r. 656-661 CE) two-pronged sword.

Facade of the Meshed Ali, Najaf, Iraq Original description: 030408-N-5362A-002 Near Al Najaf, Iraq (April 08, 2003) — The holy Shiite Muslim shrine (Dareeh) of the Caliph/Imam Ali (r. 656-661 CE) sits in Najaf. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's...

Collection of poems (divan), Sufis dancing, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.629, fol. 95b This manuscript is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī. (1552 CE)

Statue of Persian poet Rumi (1207-1273 CE) in Buca, Turkey.