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Illustration in the c.1330
Kitāb-i-Samak 'Iyār (part 1)
by Ibn Abī al-Qāsim Shīrāzī, Ṣadaqah.
Folio 159b: Battle of Surkh between Kafur and Sanjaq.
The Kitab-i Samak 'Ayyar is what may be described as a popular romance and, in the same sense that this expression retains today, it was written for a popular audience.
It was collected by Faramarz ibn Khudadadh al-Arrajani in the 12th century and written down by Sadaqa b. Abu'l-Qasim Shirazi.
This type of literature, although not unusual for its literary type, was seldom illustrated, and the Oxford manuscript of Kitab-i Samak 'Ayyar is the only Persian illustrated novel of the period.
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Ouseley 379
Title: Kitāb-i-Samak 'Iyār (pt.1)
Creators: Ibn Abī al-Qāsim Shīrāzī, Ṣadaqah. [author]
Date of Origin: 14th century, c. 1330
Language: Persian
Description: Ms. codex | Hand: Naskh | Extent: 229 leaves
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