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anonymous: Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun (b.1558), Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I
Artist	Unknown authorUnknown author
Title	Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I title QS:P1476,en:"Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I" label QS:Len,"Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I" Russian: «Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I» title QS:P1476,ru:"Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I" label QS:Lru,"Абд аль-Вахид ибн Масуд ибн Мухаммед Анун, маврский посол к Королеве Елизавете I"
Object type	painting
Genre	portrait
Description	English: A reproduction of an Elizabethan painting of the Moorish ambassador who visited Queen Elizabeth I from Barbary in 1600 to propose an alliance against Spain. The original belongs to the collection of the University of Birmingham, England. It is the earliest surviving English portrait of a Muslim sitter.[1] Inscriptions to the left: 1600 / Abdulguahid (Abd el-Ouahed). Aetatis (‘Age’): 42. Right: Legatus regis Barbariae in Angliam (‘ambassador of the king of Barbary to England’). العربية: عبد الواحد بن مسعود بن محمد عنون، سفير مغربي لدى الملكة إليزابيث عام 1600 لاقتراح تحالف ضد إسبانيا. ينتمي الأصل إلى مجموعة جامعة برمنغهام، إنجلترا. إنها أقدم صورة إنكليزية باقية لشخص مسلمة [2] النقوش على اليسار: 1600 / عبدالواحد (عبد الواحد). إيتاتيس ('العمر'): 42. على اليمين: Legatus regis Barbariae in Angliam ('سفير ملك البربري إلى إنجلترا').
Depicted people	Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud
Date	circa 1600 date QS:P571,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium	oil on oak wood
Dimensions	height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 87.6 cm (34.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,113U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,87.6U174728
Collection	University of Birmingham
Accession number	A0427 (University of Birmingham)
References	Art UK artwork ID: abd-el-ouahed-ben-messaoud-ben-mohammed-anoun-b-1558-moorish-ambassador-to-queen-elizabeth-i-34714
Source/Photographer	https://mimsy.bham.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=101212&t=objects

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:14, 26 August 2024	949 × 1,260 (149 KB)	Liandrei	Higher res
	07:10, 8 March 2017	772 × 1,024 (220 KB)	Maculosae tegmine lyncis	higher resolution
	19:33, 1 February 2013	525 × 691 (59 KB)	Paul Barlow	improved lighting and detail
	16:56, 12 August 2008	510 × 688 (162 KB)	FunkMonk	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	13:42, 7 February 2006	189 × 257 (8 KB)	D Ambulans~commonswiki	This image is a reproduction of an Elizabethan painting of the Moorish Ambassador who visited Queen Elizabeth I of England from Barbary in 1600 to propose an alliance against Spain. The original belongs to the collection of the University of Birmingham, E