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The first little Shahnameh
(أول شهنامة صغيرة)

Title	The first little Shahnameh
Title Original	أول شهنامة صغيرة
Publication Date:	Approximately 700 AH / 1300 AD
Publication Place	Iran or Iraq - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	19 × 13.2 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL Per 104
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;18;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	Approximately 700 AH / 1300 AD
Notes	The poet Ferdowsi completed his famous epic known as the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) in 1010 AD. The Shahnameh is considered the national epic in Iran and is about sixty thousand verses related to the stories of the heroes and kings of Iran from the dawn of time until the Islamic conquest of the country in the middle of the seventh century. These pages belong to one of three manuscripts collectively known as the Small Shahamat. None of them bears a date, but it is generally believed that they were produced around the year 1300, making them the oldest illustrated Shahnameh manuscripts in existence. (There are also three copies of the Shahnameh dating back to the thirteenth century that are not illustrated.) However, there are older pieces (mainly ceramic) decorated with scenes from different stories that constitute the Shahnameh.
Sample Text	“The First Little Shahnameh” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;18;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 18

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The first little Shahnameh

(أول شهنامة صغيرة)

Publication Date Approximately 700 AH / 1300 AD

Publication Place Iran or Iraq - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 19 × 13.2 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL Per 104

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;18;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date Approximately 700 AH / 1300 AD

Notes The poet Ferdowsi completed his famous epic known as the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) in 1010 AD. The Shahnameh is considered the national epic in Iran and is about sixty thousand verses related to the stories of the heroes and kings of Iran from the dawn of time until the Islamic conquest of the country in the middle of the seventh century. These pages belong to one of three manuscripts collectively known as the Small Shahamat. None of them bears a date, but it is generally believed that they were produced around the year 1300, making them the oldest illustrated Shahnameh manuscripts in existence. (There are also three copies of the Shahnameh dating back to the thirteenth century that are not illustrated.) However, there are older pieces (mainly ceramic) decorated with scenes from different stories that constitute the Shahnameh.

Sample Text “The First Little Shahnameh” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;18;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 18