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Text Page, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso) (c. 1350) — ink and opaque watercol Zoom

Text Page, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso)

Unknown artist · c. 1350

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Text Page, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso)

Text Page, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso)

Unknown artist · c. 1350

Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi
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