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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.


A larger 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.


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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More illustrations from Baysunghur's copy of the Shahnama by Ferdowsi, 1430