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An illustration in the 1305-14
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh
by Rashid al-Din.

Universal History

or Compendium of Chronicles

Ğāmi‛ al-tavārīḫ. Rašīd al-Dīn Fazl-ullāh Hamadānī

Samson destroys the temple of the Philistines



Ms Or 20 f.11r Samson destroys the temple of the Philistines, miniature from the ‘Jami' al-Tawarikh’ of Rashid al-Din, c.1307
Il-Khanid: Tabriz, 1314
Opaque watercolour, ink, gold and silver on paper
Edinburgh University Library, MS. Or. 20, folio 11r
Source: Edinburgh University Library, Scotland Digital Books

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