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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 643b (TMoCA, Tehran) | Image Title: f. 643b: Battle that ended in checkmate and chess (detail) 19303748

Title	Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 643b (TMoCA, Tehran) \| Image Title: f. 643b: Battle that ended in checkmate and chess (detail) 19303748
Author	Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Publication Date:	1525 \| 1530 \| ca. 1525-1530
Publication Place	- Harvard University Library
Subject	Islamic art \| miniatures (paintings) \| battles \| horses \| elephants \| shaffrons \| spears \| saddles \| quivers \| trumpets \| archers \| horse trappings \| more \| less
Type	Document
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W204034_URN-3:FHCL:32060083
Record ID	harvard_scw-8355
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1525 \| 1530 \| ca. 1525-1530
Notes	Culture: Islamic, Persian \| Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, ink, silver, gold, paper \| Note: General note: 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. 643b (TMoCA, Tehran) | Image Title: f. 643b: Battle that ended in checkmate and chess (detail) 19303748

Author Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)

Publication Date 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530

Publication Place - Harvard University Library

Type Document

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W204034_URN-3:FHCL:32060083

Record ID harvard_scw-8355

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Date 1525 | 1530 | ca. 1525-1530

Notes Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, ink, silver, gold, paper | Note: General note: 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