"Alexander the Great and Dying Darius", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425

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Alexander the Great and Dying Darius', Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425, Attributed to Afghanistan, Herat, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on brownish paper, 17 x 13in. ( x 33cm), Codices, Written by court historian Hafiz-i Abru and modelled after the Ilkhanid Jami' al-Tavarikh, the text of the Majma' al-Tavarikh begins at the time of Adam and continues into the rule of Shah Rukh (r. 1405–47

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