Afghans but quickly changed their minds. 15,000 men were gathered, Shah Tamasp ordered the Russians out (February) and towards the end of March the Russians...

depict a person from the era in which these manuscripts were created: Shah Tamasp, who had died in 1576. As well as the central figures of each scene, the...

vertical ratio; many were as small as a modern paperback, others larger. Shah Tamasp's Shahnameh stood 47 cm high, and one exceptional Shahnameh from Tabriz of...