THE AFTERLIFE OF A ROYAL GIFT: THE OTTOMAN INSERTS OF THE SHĀHNĀMA-I SHĀHĪ
This article analyzes a group of Ottoman inserts added to the Shāhnāma-i Shāhī, the famous copy of Firdawsi’s Book of Kings made for the Safavid shah Tahmasp I. It is well known that this manuscript was given by Tahmasp to the Ottoman sultan Selim II in 1568 and remained in Istanbul for over three c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Muqarnas
Year: 2012, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 245-337 |
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Shāhnāma
Firdawsi
Tahmasp
Selim
Houghton
Metropolitan Museum
Ottoman
Turkish
inserts
translation
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Volltext (Verlag) |