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TITLE OF WORK: King Bahram and the Princess of Europe

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature

DATE: 1650

COMMENTS: The Pavillion of the Seven Princesses (Haft Peykar) was written on 1197 by Nezami. It relates the story of king Bahram, who had built seven pavillions, one for each princess of a different region of t

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Ispahan, Iran, Europe

DANCE FORM: solo

KEYWORDS: royalty, court,