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Considering that it is frowned upon to display living people with faces in Islamic art, why did the Ottoman Sultans (whose legitimacy rested in being pious religious leaders and the holders of the Caliphate) have royal portraits?

by /u/pineapple3000 in /r/AskHistorians

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