Scene from the Shahnameh

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Scene from the Shahnameh. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Image from the Shahnameh. In the foreground a man stands upright, trapped. Two men, one either side, use a large saw to cut into his head, apparently in an act of torture. In the background several well dressed men look on, and a wealthy looking bearded individual watches cross legged. Above and below the image are four columns of Arabic text.

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