Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China (Recto); The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (Verso)

https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25

The Iranian painting traditions of creating a conceptual space, symmetry, and decoration characterize this illustration of a scene in the life of the Shi’a Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. The inscription over the door reads “the just sultan.”

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