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Text Page, Persian Prose (recto) from a Manuscript of the Majma' al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) by Hafiz-i Abru:
- Date
- c. 1425
- Medium
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Culture
- Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
These page is from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma' al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.
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