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Iskandar Marries Rushanak
Mo'en Mosavverc. 1650
Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland
Iskandar and his bride, Rushanak, sit together on a high throne (note the set of steps) in a domed pavilion. A group of women play music and wait, ready to attend to their needs, as a candle and oil lamps burn, suggesting it is night.
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- Title: Iskandar Marries Rushanak
- Creator: By Mu‘in Musavvir
- Date Created: c. 1650
- Physical Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Location Created: Iran
- Original Source: Chester Beatty, Dublin
- Rights: © Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
- Collection Number: CBL Per 270.66
- Additional Description: Shahnama (Book of Kings)
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