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Illustration of Timurid Costume, 1430

Buzurjmihr demonstrates how to play the game of chess,
from Bayasanghor's (grandson of Timur) copy of the Shahnama by Ferdowsi.

Buzurjmihr demonstrates how to play the game of chess, from the 1430 Shahnama of Bayasanghor (grandson of Timur), Herat, Afghanistan. Gulistan Museum, Tehran, Ms 716, folio 572.

f.335. Bozorgmehr, King Anushirvan's grand vizier, who has discovered the rules of the game, challenges the Indian envoy to a game of chess.
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Back to the smaller image of Buzurjmihr demonstrates how to play the game of chess, from the 1430 Shahnama of Bayasanghor (grandson of Timur), Herat, Afghanistan. Gulistan Museum, Tehran, Ms 716.