I hope this does not "offend" any of Turkish brothers here, but neverthless these are very interesting stuff.

The frescos depict what clearly can be seen a war between Ottomans and Azerbaijan.

Frescos dates back to 17th century, painted in Shaki Khan's Palace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Shaki_Khans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaki_Khanate

Ottoman and local soldiers are easily distinguished in these frescos, and the detail are amazing. You can even see the Ottoman Timariot cavalry.

Probably gavur Armenian painted them. Islamic Taliban nations back then couldn't do paintings of the human form, it is haram according old books written by Arabs.

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Why is vaseline in my sig? Because Turks don't want to read what I post. Hopefully the lube makes it easier for those criminal scum who are such great cry-babies to swallow.

The greatest mistake we Turks ever done in our history ; fight each other. image those two great empires were united against the west instead of fighting each other. imagine the rise of the Turkish crescent in all over Europe.



that is why I started this thread earlier:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/248068/thread/1341770990/last-1341850738/Safavid+%26amp%3B+Ottoman+alliance-+What+if...





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Nikephoros;

"Signatures on frescoes list the names of artists Ali Kuli, Kurban Kuli and Mirza Jafar from Shemaha, Usta Gambar from Shusha, and Abbas Kuli"