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Buzurgmihr masters the Game of Chess, c.1300-30 (ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper)

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Buzurgmihr masters the Game of Chess, c.1300-30 (ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper)
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Persian School, (14th century) / Persian
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Medium
ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Date
c. 1300 AD - c. 1330 AD (C13th AD - C14th AD)
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Folio (from Iran or Iraq) from the First Small (Book of Kings) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) with version of how chess was introduced into Iran from India. To avoid paying tribute to the Sasanians, the rajah of Hind (India) sent an envoy challenging the Iranian ruler to work out how it was played. Vizier Buzurjmihr secured the tribute for his king by solving this. The Iranians are dressed in Mongol costume, the vizier in Arab tunic and turban, the dark-skinned Indian envoy in baggy clothes and a loose turban.

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embassy / decoration / mythology / shahnameh / text / firdausi / decoration / legend / mythology / miniature / myth / ferdowsi / firdawsi / islam / moslem / arabic / naskh script / epic / Mongol period (1220 - 1380) / king / shahnama / illumination / persia / persian / islamic art / Islamic / muslim / iran / manuscript / sasanian / buzurjmihir / Rajah / envoy / mongol / board game

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