A small group of eight islamic scholars in 8th century baghdad, iraq. at the centre is a man in white robes, white headrest, and small, thin white beard, surrounded in a circle by a group of men dressed in colourful clothes and colourful headdresses in typical islamic style. the man at the centre is orating a poem while the people around him are listening and gesturing. at the background is a mosque with decorated walls in arabesque style on white marble.