Wise vizier Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Wise vizier Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess

Caption

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 'Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess'. Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings) (Iraq or Iran, c.1300–30)

Credit

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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License

Public Domain

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