"Three Men Before a Castle", Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din, ca. 1476–86

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Three Men Before a Castle', Folio from a Khavarannama (The Book of the East) of ibn Husam al-Din, ca. 1476–86, Attributed to Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 15 11/16 x 11 3/8in. ( x ), Codices, The fifteenth century author Maulana Muhammad ibn Husam al Din, known as Ibn Husam, wrote the Khavarannama in emulation of the great poet Firdausi’s national Persian epic, the Shahnama. Ibn Husam, however, centers his stories on the Shi'i imam 'Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad

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