Shamsa bearing the name and titles of Emperor Shah Jahan (1594-1666), the fifth Mughal Emperor of India.
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Details of Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan
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Shamsa illumination from Pir Budaq’s Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam, the earliest known copy of Omar Kayyam’s poetry. ca. 1460 C.E.
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Detail of a shamsa (rosette bearing the name of a King) from a Safavid 'Shahnameh' (Book of Kings) Iran/Persia, 16th c
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Shamsa by Bahareh Akbarzadeh
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