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The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto), 1425 - 1450. These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.