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Turkey: A dragon together with a horned rabbit as represented by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathan, 1717 CE

Turkey: A dragon together with a horned rabbit as represented by  Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathan, 1717 CE

This miniature depicts the dragon of Tannin Island that Alexander the Great (Iskandar) killed and the horned rabbit that its inhabitants gave him as a gift.

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