Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)

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These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma' al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament unt...

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