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Rostam moves the giant rock to free Bijan

An Overlooked Shahnamah

These are images from a recently-found completely unrecorded Shahnameh in British Library collection. This copy of Shahnameh is probably from 1640, illustrated by by Muhammad Yusuf, a prolific artist during the reigns of the Safavid rulers Shah Safi (r. 1629-42) and Shah Abbas II (r. 1642-66).

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Rostam kills White Deev - نبرد رستم و دیو سفید

White Deev

For ages the battle of Rostam and White Deev has been one of the most popular subjects among Iranian book illustrators, tile-makers, and coffee-house painters.

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Lalezar, Remains of a Past
Comic books in Persian
Ettelaat Daily’s Old Building
Dervishes of Qajar Era
Graphics of Revolution & War
Defaced Banknotes
World Wrestling Championships in Tehran (1973)
Lion and Sun
Engravings from the book PERSIA

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