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"The Combat of Rustam and Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
"Kai Khusrau Wrestles with Shida", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
"Rustam is Thrown into the Sea by the Div Akvan", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
"Kai Khusrau Slays Afrasiyab", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
"Caesar Gives his Daughter Katayun to Gushtasp", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
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The Museum owns eight folios of this dispersed Qur'an. These include a colophon page with the signature of the scribe Muhammad al-Zanjani, from the town of Zanjan in northwestern Iran, and the date of completion, in A.H. 531/A.D. 1137. The text is written in the script known as "eastern kufic" with some elements in naskh (cursive) and is lavishly illuminated with designs of foliate scrolls and geometric interlace.
[ Oliver Hoare, London, until 1996; sold to MMA]
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