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Ursula Sims-Williams

From the pages of ‘Baburnama’, amazing illustrations of Hindustan’s birds and animals

Artwork from Babur’s memoirs are on display at the British Library.

Ursula Sims-Williams
· Aug 23, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Why Alexander the Great was treated with hostility in Zoroastrian literature

Even in Firdawsi’s ‘Shahnamah’, he is described by Ardshir, founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as ‘the evil-minded tyrant’.

Ursula Sims-Williams
· Feb 22, 2023 · 09:30 pm
In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great

The Persian Shahnamah, or Book of Kings, is one of the most richly illustrated sources, completed by the poet Firdawsi in 1010 CE.

Ursula Sims-Williams
· Oct 27, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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