File:Baysonghori Shahnameh 1.jpg

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The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) is major epic work of persian poetry "Ferdowsi Tousi".

“Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh” was made in 1430 for Prince Bayasanghor (1399-1433), the grandson of the legendary Central Asian leader Timur (1336-1405).
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English: The richly illuminated double frontispiece of the Shahnameh in the Baysonqori MS, copied by Ja'far Baysonqori in a Nasta'liq script.
فارسی: دیباچهٔ شاهنامهٔ بایسنقری که به قلم جعفر بایسنقری و به خط نستعلیق نگاشته شده‌است. این نسخه در کتابخانهٔ کاخ موزه گلستان در ایران نگهداری می‌شود.
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English: 833 A.H.
فارسی: ۸۳۳ قمری
References http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/card/ceillustration:-818972148
Source/Photographer http://portal.unesco.org/ci/photos/showgallery.php/cat/793
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