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Faridun crosses the River Dijla, fol. 33v[1][2]
Artist
Unknown, Iran, 1525-1535 (Iran)
Title
Faridun crosses the River Dijla, fol. 33v[1][2]
Object type manuscript
object_type QS:P31,Q87167
Description
English: Faridun carrying his ox-head mace leads an army across River Dijla (Tigris River). They are forced to ford the river when the ferrymen refuse to carry them.[2]
Date (1525 - 1535)
Dimensions height: 471 mm (18.54 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,471U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,{{{width}}}U174789
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Current location
Level Floor 3 / الطابق 3 (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Gallery 16 (Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number
MS.40.2007
Notes More info at museum site
References http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/card/ceillustration:2147357768
Source/Photographer wgE27javqPwl8A at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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  1. ↑ Welch, Stuart Cary (1979) Wonders of the age : masterpieces of early Safavid painting, 1501-1576 (excerpt)[1] (No. 12 )
  2. ↑ a b The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings[2], Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014, ISBN 9780300194548, pages 82, 335

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