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Alexander Comforts the Dying Darius, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), c.1480/90
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
10.3 × 14.4 cm (4.1 × 5.7 in)

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