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File:MoorishAmbassador to Elizabeth I.jpg

Summary

Description Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I — This image is a reproduction of an Elizabethan painting of the Moorish Ambassador who visited Queen Elizabeth I of England from Barbary in 1600 to propose an alliance against Spain. The original belongs to the collection of the University of Birmingham, England.
Date circa 1600
Source http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/east-west-objects-between-cultures/east-west-room-1
Author Unknown

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