"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425

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Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation', Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425, Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 6 1/8 in. ( cm), Codices, Shah Rukh (r. 1405–47), son of Timur, commissioned Hafiz i Abru to write an extensive world history, beginning with Adam and continuing down to his own time. Early manuscript copies of the text are heavily illustrated in a simple, direct style—as seen in this example

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