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Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami (Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A Zoom

Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Islamic · Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.)

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