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The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A yellowed, aged piece of paper with darker spots and tears. A rectangle made of lines frames four columns of black text written in a foreign language. The paper takes up most of the image and is on a white background.

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