International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 105-117
The Painted Illustrations of the Story of Alexander Dhul-Qarnayn and the Construction of the Gog and Magog Dam (Analytical Study) Download PDF
Fatima Syed Muhammad Syed

Abstract:
This research aims to identify a story that many poets mentioned during their compilation of the story of Alexander the Great, which is "Alexander and the construction of the Gog and Magog dam (Alexander the two centuries), and to present the different opinions that dealt with this story and the intertextuality between these poets and each other, and the impact of the literary text on the images that The story explains, and the way the photographers in the different Islamic schools dealt with this story. The research deals with four main axes: the first deals with an introduction to the story the subject of the research, the second deals with the literary study of the story of Alexander and the construction of the Gog and Magog dam (Iskandar Dhul-Qarnayn), and the third deals with the descriptive study of the story's images, where four images were published. The fourth axis deals with the analytical study, which included drawings of living organisms, which consist of human drawings, animal drawings, and drawings of clothing such as cloaks, hats, shirts, pants, item or belts, head coverings, crown, turban, cap, footwear such as slippers and long-necked shoes, "boots", in addition to drawings of the aura and drawings of weapons such as the sword. And arrow and quiver and fees for landscape backgrounds and fees for flags.