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AN UNUSUAL GROUP OF 38 ALBUM PAGES ILLUSTRATING SCENES FROM FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMA , NIZAMI'S KHAMSA , JAMI'S HAFT AWRANG AND OTHER TEXTS PERSIA, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY paintings in gouache and some gold, most with identifying inscriptions in nasta'liq script, gold- and silver-decorated coloured inner borders, outer borders of each variously...