Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Battle of Mazandaran

Battle of Mazandaran

Original - This large-scale painting depicts the Battle of Mazandaran, an event in the famous Hamzanama. In this battle scene, the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamzah (nicknamed Sahib Qiran, "Owner of the Epochs") and their armies engage in fierce battle. Originally, the faces were depicted, subsequently erased by iconoclasts, and repainted in more recent times. (more context on image page)

Reason: Another reason to love the Library of Congress. This is a fantastic scan of a 16th century illuminated manuscript illustrating an important Persian romance, the Hamzanama. This is one of 1400 folios that were commissioned by Akbar the Great. A lot of context relating to the image is on the image page, if you're interested to read more. The verso is also available at File:The battle of Mazandaran verso.jpg if anyone is interested (though not featurable quality it could be interesting for the few en.wikipedians who can read it...).
Articles this image appears in: Hamzanama
Creator: Unknown calligrapher commissioned by Akbar the Great

Support as nominator --Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes, one of the other interesting ones from that collection. Good choice, high resolution, substantial EV in an underrepresented area. Durova^Charge! 16:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but the image description page should also include the dimensions and note where it is held (both of which are on the LOC page).--ragesoss (talk) 16:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 21:46, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and above. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Are the colors authentic? They look kind of drab-- wouldn't an image that attempted to recapture the coloration at the time that the illustration was made be more striking? Spikebrennan (talk) 20:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Supportfor its Composition--Farzaaaad2000 (talk) 16:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:The battle of Mazandaran.jpg --Muhammad(talk) 17:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]