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Firdausi's Shahnameh manuscript
(مخطوطة الشهنامه للفردوسي)

Title	Firdausi's Shahnameh manuscript
Title Original	مخطوطة الشهنامه للفردوسي
Publication Date:	890-891 AH / 1485-1486 AD
Publication Place	Iran - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Subject	Ink, pigment, gold, paper, leather. Drawing, decoration, bookbinding.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع:35 العرض:26 العمق:10
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MS.255.2003
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus21;21;ar
Library Location	Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Date	890-891 AH / 1485-1486 AD
Notes	This copy of Ferdowsi's famous Shahnameh - which may have come from Shiraz - includes 73 drawings, narrating the glorious history of the Persian kings. This version can be dated to the fifteenth century, as the introduction mentions Baysingor, one of the Timurid princes. The date 790 AH (1387 AD) may have been given to increase the age of the manuscript.
Sample Text	Tara Desjardins “Firdausi’s Shahnameh Manuscript” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;21;ar
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Firdausi's Shahnameh manuscript

(مخطوطة الشهنامه للفردوسي)

Publication Date 890-891 AH / 1485-1486 AD

Publication Place Iran - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Subject Ink, pigment, gold, paper, leather. Drawing, decoration, bookbinding.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع:35 العرض:26 العمق:10

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MS.255.2003

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus21;21;ar

Library Location Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Date 890-891 AH / 1485-1486 AD

Notes This copy of Ferdowsi's famous Shahnameh - which may have come from Shiraz - includes 73 drawings, narrating the glorious history of the Persian kings. This version can be dated to the fifteenth century, as the introduction mentions Baysingor, one of the Timurid princes. The date 790 AH (1387 AD) may have been given to increase the age of the manuscript.

Sample Text Tara Desjardins “Firdausi’s Shahnameh Manuscript” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;21;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Tara DESJARDINS