Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Battle of Mazandaran

Battle of Mazandaran

 * Reason:Another reason to love the Library of Congress. This is a fantastic scan of a 16th century illuminated manuscript illustrating an important Persian romance, the Hamzanama. This is one of 1400 folios that were commissioned by Akbar the Great. A lot of context relating to the image is on the image page, if you're interested to read more. The verso is also available at File:The battle of Mazandaran verso.jpg if anyone is interested (though not featurable quality it could be interesting for the few en.wikipedians who can read it...).
 * Articles this image appears in:Hamzanama
 * Creator:Unknown calligrapher commissioned by Akbar the Great

--Muhammad (talk) 17:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator --Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Yes, one of the other interesting ones from that collection. Good choice, high resolution, substantial EV in an underrepresented area.  Durova Charge! 16:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, but the image description page should also include the dimensions and note where it is held (both of which are on the LOC page).--ragesoss (talk) 16:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support GerardM (talk) 21:46, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per nom and above. ~  ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 04:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Are the colors authentic?  They look kind of drab-- wouldn't an image that attempted to recapture the coloration at the time that the illustration was made be more striking?  Spikebrennan (talk) 20:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Supportfor its Composition--Farzaaaad2000 (talk) 16:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC)