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43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh." — Battle Scene at Camp of Oghuz Khan, 1425-1430
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Moses overpowering Pharaoh with the aid of a dragon 43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh." — Moses Prevailing over Pharaoh, 1425-1430
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Text from Sura 37 and Title and Text from Sura 38. Four vertical paper pages with 12 lines of Neskhi writing to the regular page. Consonants, diacritical marks, vowels, reading marks in black, only the words 'Glory be to the Lord' or just 'Glory', 'God' in gold. The page (with decorative chapter heading) starts with the Sura 37 verse 177 and ends at verse 6 of Sura 38. The chapter heading says 'Sura Sad(which is a letter of the alphabet, and the character with which the actual sura starts) eighty-six verses of Mekkan origin'. The first of the predeeding page starts wit Sura 37, verse 99 and the text is continuous. On the second page a decorarive marginal disc indicates the begining of a section for the daily reading portion. The decorative frontispiece and four leaves with chapter headings are in the Freer Gallery of Art (30.55-59). — Page from the Koran, c. 1350
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A page from the Majmu'a-i Tavarikh. It depicts Mughith ad-Dunya Wa'd Din Qasin Mahmud, son of Mahmud, grandson of Malik Shah, great grandson of Alp Arslan of Seljuk dynasty, King of Iran (571-525 A.H. - 1117-1131 A.D.). The king is on his throne; a bird perched upon its back occupies right hand center of the picture. He gives audience to four men, one of whom kneels before him. At his left a man is seated near the king on a camp stool, while another, standing, peers in upon the scene from the edge of the picture. The scene is painted against a bluish white hillside, schemetically flecked with grass and outlined in violet against a golden sky. Warm tints of green, yellow and red, with greys and touches of gold unite with clear red and a bright blue to form the color scheme. 43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh." — Sultan Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah Enthroned, 1425-30
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43.31.1 and 51.37.16,.19,.24,.25 are all from the same manuscript, the "Majma' al-tavarikh." — The Arrival of King Mahmud's Envoy at Gananj, 1425-30
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