The Iskandarnama is the romanticised telling of the life of Iskandar, or Alexander the Great. The tale is split into two parts, with the first, the Sharafnama, giving account of his life as a world conqueror. The second section, the Iqbalnama, is the story of Alexander as prophet, with less narrative and more stories from folklore and oral tradition (William Hanaway, al-Iskandar, in Ehsan Yarshater (ed.), Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol.VIII, New York, 2001, Fasc. 6, oo.609-612). The present group all come from the Sharafnama.
This group comprises of:
1. Iskandar enthroned
3. Iskandar riding north to fight the Russians
3. A traveller is amazed by Mani's painting of a dead dog on the surface of a pool.