الفيل الأبيض في التصوير الإسلامي في إيران و الهند : دراسة آثارية فنية

Abstract EN

One of the topics that Islamic painting in Iran and India have been painted the heritage topics that carry with them many ancient ideological connotations, the White Elephant consider one of those topics that concerned Islamic painting in this geographical area of the Islamic world.

Although elephants are generally one of the living beings to which Asia is famous and considered one of the animals that contributed to the emergence of ancient civilizations for use in economic aspects, transport, wars and conflicts, the care of painting them as one of the natural elements found in the environment, but the subject of the white elephant here is particularly significant is one of the symbols of the ancient Buddhist religion as well as one of the gods of India, which call Ganisha, who portrays as elephant with child body and have four arms.

Therefore, the white elephant has been taken care and its decoration to suit his religious case, and the Muslims' interest in white elephant not to follow a faith of Hindu, but to own the precious and legendary like the kings of ancient Iran and India who owned white elephants which decorated with jewels.