Iran/Persia: The Queen of Sheba with attendant musicians, dancers and angels. Miniature painting from the Shahnameh of Firdausi, 16th century. The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ('The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.

Iran/Persia: The Queen of Sheba with attendant musicians, dancers and angels. Miniature painting from the Shahnameh of Firdausi, 16th century.  The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ('The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. Stock Photo
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3200 x 5386 px | 27.1 x 45.6 cm | 10.7 x 18 inches | 300dpi

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21 January 2012

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