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Cover illustration: Poster of the 2014 conference on the Persianate World held at Yale University, designed by Iman Raad. The globe on the bull’s horns is from Hamdallah Mostawfi’s Nozhat al-Qolub. © The British Library Board, Hamdallah Mostawfi, Nozhat al-Qolub, Add MS 23544 fol. 226v.
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ISSN 1569-7401
ISBN 978-90-04-38562-7 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004387287
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