Chester Beatty
The battle between Khusrau and Afrāsiyāb, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)
`Abdullah Shirazi
The battle between Khusrau and Afrāsiyāb, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma). Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian verses in nasta`liq script, with framed rubric (recto: “battle between Afrāsiyāb and Khusrau”) and painting (on verso), the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi, painting attributed `Abdullāh Shīrāzī (Welch, 1976), probably Qazvin, Iran, undated, c. 1570-1585.
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