Unknown (painter, outliner) and Muhammad Jan al-Kirmani (calligrapher). Shahnama: How the Raja of Hind sent the game of chess to Nushirvan. Shiraz and Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1604. Opaque watercolour, ink, gold on paper, 270 x 400 mm. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris, France, Supplément Persan 490, fol. 378v.

Sadi, Jenna (Researcher, Scriptwriter, Voiceover, Storyboarder, Audio Editor, Image Editor, Animator, Coder), “Multimedia: Shahnama - How the Raja of Hind sent the game of chess to Nushirvan, Iran, ca. 1604 (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 378v)” ARTH 370 Shahnama Project (BNF Supplément Persan 490), Dec. 4, 2018. .

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IMAGES

• BNF Gallica staff. Digital image of Shahnama: How the Raja of Hind sent the game of chess to Nushirvan (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 378v). Paris, ca. Nov. 10, 2010. Digital image. BnF Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229967/f772.item.

SOUND

• Faran, Ensemble. Amazing Oriental Music. Mp3. Vol., 2013. youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X16HWbr87A&frags=pl%2Cwn.

TEXTS

• Abu ʾl-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi. “How the Raja of Hind sent the game of chess to Nushirvan” In The Shahnama of Firdausi. Vol. 7. 9 vols. Translated by Arthur G. Warner and Edmond Warner, 384-388. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. https://archive.org/details/shahnama07firduoft/page/384

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