Iran: A 14th-century illustration of the Persian chess-master Buzurgmihr beating a dejected Indian envoy at chess while the Shah watches. Seated to the right of the chessboard, Persian court adviser Buzurgmihr beats a dejected Indian envoy at chess while the Shah looks on. This 14th-century illustration depicts a chess match first recorded three centuries earlier by Persian poet Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi (Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi), the author of the ‘Shahnameh’, the national epic of the Persian people.

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