'Speak of me as I am': A portrait of a Moorish ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I from ahmad mansur Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 22 min 76 sec ✓ Published: 05-Jul-2015
Description: Dr. Sophie Bostock nCurator of Drawings at the Orientalist MuseumnAbstract:nAt the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon hangs a commemorative portrait of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud (b.1558). Massaoud was first secretary to the Moroccan ruler, Ahmad al-Mansur (1549-1603), Sultan of Fez, and also ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth I during his visit to England in 1600. The inscription on the portrait to the left of the picture gives the date of the visi
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