Shahnama Project : Shahnama

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Shahnama Project

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>The manuscript contains the Baysunghur Preface. Several new folios have been inserted in the text: fol. 27 is a modern replacement; the original must have carried a miniature of Rustam and the Khaqan of Chin.fol. 208 is a modern replacement; the original probably carried a miniature of the second combat of Rustam and Pilsam.fols. 354, 355 are modern replacements; the originals seem to have carried two miniatures, probably representing early exploits of Bahram Gur.fol. 492 is a modern replacement, and the original probably carried a miniature of the death of Mahwi and his sonsInitial investigation of ms.&nbsp;by Amin Mahdavi.</p><p>The manuscript illustrations include a full set of the single combats of the Davazdah Rukh, for which see Charles Melville, 'Serial killers', Persica (2010).</p></p>