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Siege of Baghdad[edit]

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**Original** – 14th-century manuscript depiction of the 1258 Siege of Baghdad, a seminal event in world history.

Reason: Not only is this of exceptional quality for something created before 1400, but it also depicts a specific event during the siege—a leading official's failed attempt to escape by boat (center right), and was composed for the Jami' al-tawarikh, a very important work of literature. Thus, it holds great historical importance.
Articles in which this image appears: Siege of Baghdad; also e.g. Mongol Empire
FP category for this image: War
Creator: Unknown, uploaded by Yaan

Support as nominator – ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:08, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I also support the hi-res version. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In principle, this would be an excellent and amazing FP, but there's an extreme amount of JPEG artefacting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 11:50, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden and AirshipJungleman29: Here's a Hi-Res TIFF version in case this helps. The source is here. पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 12:53, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If'n we convert that, that's very featurable Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 22:53, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden and AirshipJungleman29: I added a Hi-Res JPEG version (87 MB), derived from the TIFF.पाटलिपुत्र (Pataliputra) (talk) 05:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support high-res JPEG Sorry I didn't just do it meself, it's been a day Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 07:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support high-res JPEG – Yann (talk) 17:59, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support high-res JPEG. MER-C 17:29, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support high-res JPEG Kymothoë (talk) 17:53, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support high-res. JPEG – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:05, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support high-res JPEG. – DreamRimmer (talk) 04:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support high-res JPEG TheFreeWorld (talk) 12:25, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Fall Of Baghdad (Diez Albums).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:28, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]