The sandpipers on their nest on the water while the simurgh leads the army of birds to their rescue. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century m

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The sandpipers on their nest on the water while the simurgh leads the army of birds to their rescue. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century manuscript of Anvar-i Suhayli, a version of the Kalila va Dimna fables. Image taken from Anvar-i Suhayli. Originally published in India, 1610-1611.

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Size: 3352px × 6732px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, animals, anvar-, artwork, bird, fiction, historical, history, illustration, materials, nest, organism, persian, suhayli, water