Or 2780 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

The history of Garshāsp, the hero of Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan), written in imitations of the Shāhnamah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī

f. 14v Garshāsp visiting the Brahmans on the mountain of Sarandib.

f. 18r Garshāsp looking at demons on the Island of Kadkīr.

f. 29v Garshāsp demonstrating his hunting prowess to Ẓuḥḥāk by seizing a stag by his antlers.

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A rhymed history of Chinggis Khān, 1162-1227 and his successors down to 738

The copy is dated 14th Rajab 800

f. 44v The Mongols leaving the valley of Irgene Kun where they had taken refuge for 400 years from the Tatars.

f. 49v Chingīz Khān fighting the Chinese in the mountains.

f. 61r Chingīz Khān in the pulpit in the mosque at Bukhara where the people were assembled for the festival prayers, calling himself the scourge of God. He said he was sent to punish the nation for its sins.

f. 89v The Caliph, al-Musta'ṣim, brought before Hūlāgū Khān.

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A poem treating the wars of Bahman with the heroes of Sīstān, and especially with Āz̲arbarzīn, son of Farāmurz

The copy is dated 14th Rabī‘ I 800

f. 163v Bahman watching Farāmurz being hanged, burned and shot with arrows.

f. 171v Bahman looking at the bodies of Rustam, Sām, Narīmān, and Garshāsp in their coffins.

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f. 202v Ṭaihūr riding in procession through the streets of Hamdān (? Samdān in the Yemen).

f. 213v A warrior on Mt. Damavand.

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