The Year of the Elephant, 570 AD
A Persian miniature taken from the Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, completed around 1388. The Ottoman ruler Murad III commissioned a lavish illustrated copy of the work. The calligrapher Lutfi Abdullah completed the work in 1595. The Year of the Elephant is the name in Islamic history for 570 AD, the year that Muhammad was born. The name is derived from an event said to have occurred at Mecca in which Abraha, the Christian ruler of Yemen marched upon the Kaaba with a large army, which included one or more elephants, intending to demolish it. However, the elephant is said to have stopped and though beaten by its driver refused to attack the future prophet's birthplace
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