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Iskander Attends the Dying Dara
Shiraz, 17th C
(4:18 min.)
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Unknown (painter, outliner) and Muhammad Jan al-Kirmani (calligrapher). Shahnama: Iskander attends the dying Dara Shiraz and Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1604. Opaque watercolour, ink, gold on paper, 179 x 146 mm. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris, France, Supplément Persan 490, fol. 279r.

Cite This Multimedia Work

Mangat, Sahej (Researcher, Scriptwriter, Voiceover, Storyboarder, Audio Editor, Image Editor, Animator, Coder). “Multimedia: Shahnama – Iskander attends the dying Dara, Iran, ca. 1604 (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 279r” ARTH 370 Shahnama Project (BNF Supplément Persan 490), Dec. 3, 2018. Evolving the Botanic Garden Project, July 31, 2017..

Multimedia Sources

IMAGES
  • BNF Gallica staff. Digital image of Shahnama: Iskander attends the dying Dara (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 279r). Paris, ca. Nov. 10, 2010. Digital image. BnF Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229967/f573.item#.
SOUND
  • Yan-Key, Dee. Weep no more. Mp3. Vol. artless grief. Luxebourg: Jamendo, 2018. freemusicarchive.org. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/artless_grief/Dee_Yan-Key__Weep_no_more_-_Kopie.
TEXTS
  • Abu ʾl-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi. “How Dara told his last Wishes to Sikander and died.” In The Shahnama of Firdausi. Vol. 6. 9 vols. Translated by Arthur G. Warner and Edmond Warner, 52-56. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. https://archive.org/details/shahnama06firduoft/page/52.
  • Blair, Sheila S. et al. Islamic Art. London: Oxford Grove Art, 2018. http:////www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000041771.
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