SHAHNAMAH (SHÃHNÃMAH), FIRDAWSĨ, 1904 EDITION, AMIR BAHADOR ...

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SHAHNAMAH (SHÃHNÃMAH), FIRDAWSĨ, 1904 EDITION, AMIR BAHADOR EDITION, DEDICATED TO MOZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR, 1319-22/1901-05
Special edition of Shahname, dedicated to Mozaffar Al-Din Shah Qajar, 659 pages, 39 full-page illustrations, 33 lines to the page, in six columns, calligrapher Muhammad-Hosayn Amad Al-Khattab, illustrations by Mohammad Tajoudi, Nasser Salehi, some foxing and slight wear and tear, half-leather binding, card boards with some damage and wear

42.5 x 31.5x 6cm

Amir Bahador, the head of the royal guards
and minister of court under Moẓaffar-al-Dīn Shah and the head of the royal guards and minister of war under Moḥammad-ʿAlī Shah Qājār

Houghton Library, Harvard University.
text prepared by Mubad Abd-al-Ali asani, foreword by Mohammad Sadeq al Hosayni Farahani, painters Mosawwer Al-Mol, Muhammad-Kazem, Hosayn-Ali Alikan, lithographers Mirza Hosayn and Aqa Mirza Abbasi