File:Codice Casanatense Marsh Arabs.jpg

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English: An anonymous 16th century Portuguese illustration contained within the Códice Casanatense, depicting Mesopotamian Arabs inhabiting the marshes around Basra, known to the Portuguese as Jizares. The inscription reads: "These people are called jizares, inhabit some islands that are in the strait of Basra, are very valiant people and great marksmen" .
Date circa 1540
date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Album di disegni, illustranti usi e costumi dei popoli d'Asia e d'Africa con brevi dichiarazioni in lingua portoghese, Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome. http://opac.casanatense.it/Record.htm?Record=19921830124917490129
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