Cover illustration: From a ca. 14th c. manuscript of the Tārikh-nāma (Book of history) by Abu ʿAli al-Balʿami, folios depicting Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire, enthroned; Bahrām Gur killing a lion, an onager, and a dragon; and Manuchehr addressing his assembled people and army. National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1957.16.
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