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‘About 1440[ce] a Shah-nama* manuscript, now in the keeping of the Royal Asiatic Society of London, was prepared for him** with 31 miniatures, which reach the highest pitch of romantic feeling*** in their ethereal landscapes and chivalrous battle scenes.’

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*(Book of Kings)

**Muhammad Juki

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**** – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:453]

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