Bahram Gur slays a dragon, Bahram Gur killing a dragon. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century additon to a sixteenth century manuscript. Ima

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Bahram Gur slays a dragon, Bahram Gur killing a dragon. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century additon to a sixteenth century manuscript. Image taken from Khamsa. Originally published in Mazamdaran, Northern Iran, 1675. Author Nizami Khamsa, Illustrated by Muhammad Zaman.

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Size: 4720px × 6848px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: ammunition, armament, arrow, arrows, artwork, asia, ballistics, beast, bow, dragon, equipment, historical, history, illustration, iran, islam, islamic, khamsa, muhammad, mythical, nizami, persia, persian, tools, weapon, weapons, zaman