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Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)
Horseman with dead body of enemy
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: The Murder of Siyavush before Afrasiyab; recto: text, Siyavush is killed by Gorvizereh
Lamentation over the dead body of Christ
Folio from an unidentified text; Bahram Gur presides over the execution of the tyrannical vizier
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