Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
A man with a beard and a long white beard sits in a throne-like chair under a red canopy. He wears a blue robe and a gold hat. Three men stand to his left and one man stands to his right. The man on the far right holds a book. The seated man rests his left arm on the arm of the chair and holds an object in his left hand. Arabic script surrounds the image on all sides.
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