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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 638a (Ebrahimi Family Foundation) | Image Title: f. 638a: Khusrow I Nushirvan receives an embassy from the Raja of Hind (detail) 18551033

Title	Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 638a (Ebrahimi Family Foundation) \| Image Title: f. 638a: Khusrow I Nushirvan receives an embassy from the Raja of Hind (detail) 18551033
Author	attributed to Mirza 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. before 1576, Iranian (Artist) \| Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Publication Date:	1525 \| 1530 \| 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place	- Harvard University Library
Subject	manuscripts \| miniatures (paintings) \| Islamic art \| epics \| poetry \| more \| less
Type	belge
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W204029_URN-3:FHCL:30088732
Record ID	harvard_scw-8347
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1525 \| 1530 \| 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Notes	Culture: Islamic, Persian \| Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paper \| Note: General note: One of the most luxurious examples of Persian book arts ever created, this monumental copy of Firdawsi's 10th c. "Shahnama" was produced in the kitabkhana (scriptorium-library) of Shah Tahmasp I in Tabriz between 1525-1530. Exceptionally large in scale, the Tahmasp Shahnama contained 760 folios w/ 258 illustrated pages. \| Note: Provenance: In 1568, the manuscript was presented to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The manuscript remained in Istanbul until procured for the Paris Rothchilds ca. 1900. The manuscript was virtually intact until 1959 when it was purchased by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., and dispersed subsequently. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 638a (Ebrahimi Family Foundation) | Image Title: f. 638a: Khusrow I Nushirvan receives an embassy from the Raja of Hind (detail) 18551033

Author attributed to Mirza 'Ali, b. c. 1510, d. before 1576, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)

Publication Date 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH

Publication Place - Harvard University Library

Type belge

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W204029_URN-3:FHCL:30088732

Record ID harvard_scw-8347

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Date 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH

Notes Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paper | Note: General note: One of the most luxurious examples of Persian book arts ever created, this monumental copy of Firdawsi's 10th c. "Shahnama" was produced in the kitabkhana (scriptorium-library) of Shah Tahmasp I in Tabriz between 1525-1530. Exceptionally large in scale, the Tahmasp Shahnama contained 760 folios w/ 258 illustrated pages. | Note: Provenance: In 1568, the manuscript was presented to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The manuscript remained in Istanbul until procured for the Paris Rothchilds ca. 1900. The manuscript was virtually intact until 1959 when it was purchased by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., and dispersed subsequently. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection