Shahnameh

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 22 May 2020

"Rustam Discoursing with Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings)
Author: Ferdowsi
Calligrapher: al-Mausili
Made in Iran, Shiraz, c. 1303–57 CE

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