The Archangel Gabriel (Jibril)

The archangel is shown with a youthful, rounded face, wearing a tall, crown-like headdress studded with jewels. He is draped in a rich, dark-red patterned cloak over a long gold-colored tunic, with his hands held up toward his chest in a gesture of prayer or submission. Large, feathered wings extend from behind his shoulders, and he stands on plain parchment ground surrounded by thin, gilded floral sprigs. The image is framed by a rectangular border with a block of Arabic text inscribed directly below the figure.

This illumination is part of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation), a quintessential Islamic cosmography that categorizes the celestial, terrestrial, and monstrous realms. It reflects the medieval and early modern Islamic intellectual interest in systematizing the divine hierarchy and the nature of angelic beings.