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Shahnameh wearable design

Shahnameh wearable design
Persian Crafts Gallery, Shahnameh wearable design.Image credit: Persian Crafts Gallery

The image on the tunic was borrowed from the painting depicting Bahram Chubina slaying Sava Shah in battle. It is an illustration from the manuscript produced for Shah Tahmasp is attributed to Bashdan Qara, currently kept in the Reza Abbasi Museum in Tehran. According to a prophecy Khaqan Sava Shah was going to sweep all the lands from Iran to Yemen but an Iranian champion Bahram Chubina would save the country. Despite terribly outnumbered, Bahram’s army fights the army of the Khaqan. At a very crucial moment Bahram uses the technique of Parthian shot and kills the Khaqan

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