Or 12985 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
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1 copy of Garshāsbnāmah by Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent.
The history of Garshāsp, the hero of Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan), written in imitations of the Shāhnamah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī
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Decoration
8 miniatures
1 illumination
f. 5r The court poets of Ghaznī: 'Asjadī, Farrukhī and 'Unṣurrī approached by Firdausī in a garden (by Muzaffar 'Alī).
f. 11v Gayūmars in the mountains with his skin-clad courtiers round him.
f. 18v Jamshīd with the daughter of the king of Zabulistan.
f. 28r Garshāsp throwing Jaipāl off his elephant in battle.
f. 45v Garshāsp fighting the sagsārs who are using tree branches as weapons (by Ṣādiḳī Beg).
f. 74v Garshāsp seated before Ẓuḥḥāk while the dīv, Minharas, is held prisoner.
f. 80r Farīdūn riding his foster nurse, the cow Brimāyeh, escorting Ẓuḥḥāk to Mt. Damavand.
f. 90v Narīmān killing the Kḥaḳān of Chīn in battle (by Zain al-'Ābidīn).
Binding
Binding decorated with gilt-paper doublures
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