The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso)
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subject_creditlineThe Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju (Il-Khanid), 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); text area: 29 x 24.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.479
subject_titleThe Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso)
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subject_creditlineText Page, Persian Verses (recto); Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso) , c. 1350. Iran, Shiraz, Inju Period, 14th Century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 29 x 20.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.); text area: 22.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1945.387
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subject_creditlineThe Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju Period (Il-Khanid), 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.479.b
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subject_creditlineNushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); the Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso) from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209), 1555–65. Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.); text area: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.487
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provider_nameThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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subject_creditlineRogers Fund, 1936
subject_title"Iranian and Turanian Armies in Combat", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
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subject_creditlineThe Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju (Il-Khanid), 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); text area: 29 x 24.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.479.a
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subject_creditlinePersian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509–50. Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar, 1983.1115
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
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subject_creditlineThe Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), c. 1482. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 14.7 x 15 cm (5 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.); overall: 32.5 x 23.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.); text area: 23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1962.25.b
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
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subject_creditlineThe First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars), c. 1610–17. India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 38 x 22.4 cm (14 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1964.52
subject_titleThe First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
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subject_creditlinePersian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), 1330–35. Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; sheet: 59.3 x 40.2 cm (23 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.); text area: 40.6 x 29.2 cm (16 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1959.330.a
subject_titlePersian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
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subject_creditlineThe Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso), 1555–65. Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Ink and gold on paper; sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); text area: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.487.b
subject_titleThe Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso)
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
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subject_creditlineBahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330–35. Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 45.8 x 34.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.); image: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1943.658.b
subject_titleBahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama
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subject_creditlineBahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330–35. Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 45.8 x 34.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.); image: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.); text area: 41 x 29.5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1943.658.a
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subject_titlePersian verses (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
provider_urlhttps://clevelandart.org/
subject_creditlineAn East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, c. 1450. India, Sultanate period. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 28.6 x 21.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1963.261
subject_titleAn East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
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subject_creditlineThe Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru, early 1400s. Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501). Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1931.452
subject_titleThe Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
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provider_nameCleveland Museum of Art
provider_urlhttps://clevelandart.org/
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