THE STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF BURAQ IN IRANIAN PAINTING

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TAHERI ALIREZA

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Journal: Naghsh Mayeh Year:2012 | Volume:5 | Issue:10 Page(s): 15-24

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THE STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF BURAQ IN IRANIAN PAINTING

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TAHERI ALIREZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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BURAQQ2

MOHAMMAD PROPHET’SQ2

PAINTINGQ2

ASCENSIONQ1

IMAGINATIVE CREATURESQ2

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According to some narrations, Prophet Muhammad did ride, at the time of his ASCENSION, a mythical creature called BURAQ. There are various descriptions about BURAQ: A horse (black and white), greater than Mule, faced like a man, with the head of a horse, a neck like a camel, the breasts like of a lion, the legs like the legs of a cow, the tail like an elephant, the saddle decorated with a grain of pearl.In some other Muslim beliefs, BURAQ, is portrayed resembling a roadster with a woman's or an angel's head and the tail of a peacock. This image is seen in most of the Islamic miniatures of the story of Prophet Mohammad’s ASCENSION.Although authors such as Ibn Hisham, Tabari and Ibn Sa'd described wings on the legs of BURAQ, using them to go forward, in some old texts, BURAQ is mentioned without wings.Some recent narrations have described the ASCENSION of Prophet on the BURAQ having wings.According to narrations and forms presented on BURAQ, it can be regarded as an animal/ human hybrid creature, whose animal features are dominant. Its features can be put into four general groups: 1- without wings 2- with wings 3- with the appearance of Saggitaire 4- with a Sassanin Phoenix peacock's tail.Research background: No extensive research has been conducted regarding the physical structure of BURAQ and the study of appearance and presentation of a general categorization of its features. Most researches center on the topic of the fictional narratives of ASCENSION and BURAQ. This study aims to study the main structure of the appearance of BURAQ in Persians miniatures with the subject of the ASCENSION of the Prophet Muhammad and also provide a classification based on the physical structure of BURAQ and its capabilities based on its portrayed forms. It also aims to present the evolution of its appearance and physical abilities from simple shapes without wings to complex shapes (apart from the works in chronological order) as well as their similarities and differences with other IMAGINATIVE CREATURES.

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TAHERI, ALIREZA. (2012). THE STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF BURAQ IN IRANIAN PAINTING. NAGHSH MAYEH, 5(10), 15-24. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/184030/en

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TAHERI ALIREZA. THE STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF BURAQ IN IRANIAN PAINTING. NAGHSH MAYEH[Internet]. 2012;5(10):15-24. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/184030/en

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ALIREZA TAHERI, “THE STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF BURAQ IN IRANIAN PAINTING,” NAGHSH MAYEH, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 15–24, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/184030/en

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