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{
    "localId": "35658",
    "label": "Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.597"
}

{
    "id": "35658",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.597",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.597 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of an abridgment of Firdawsi's Shahnamah (Book of kings) entitled Tarikh-i dilgusha-yi Shamshirkhani. It was composed in prose by Tavakkul Beg Husayni (active 11th century AH/AD 17th) for Shamshir Khan of Ghaznin (Ghazni or Ghaznah in present-day Afghanistan). Completed in the 13th century AH/AD 19th in India, possibly Lahore, the text is written in Nasta'liq script and illustrated by 33 paintings.",
    "provenance": "Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Husayn Maraghi [known as Sani al-Dawlah] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Nusrat Pasha Mushir, 18 Sha'ban 1303 AH/AD 1885, by gift [gift note from Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Husayn Maraghi, known as Sani al-Dawlah, to Nusrat Pasha Mushir, 18 Sha'ban 1303 AH/AD 1885 on fol. 2a, left margin]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.597",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.597_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.597_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.597_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 33,
            "height": 20.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 13.0 x W: 8 1/16 in. (33.0 x 20.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper bound between boards covered with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19380"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.597_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7a4f9b1993991d94"
}