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Or Ms 161 fol.103v The Feast of Sada on Mt. Demavand, from 'The Chronology of...

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Or Ms 161 fol.103v The Feast of Sada on Mt. Demavand, from 'The Chronology of Ancient Nations' by Al-Biruni, 1307 (gouache on paper)
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1307 AD (C14th AD)
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Athar al-Baqiya 'an al-Quran al-Khaliya; Aby Rayhan al-Biruni (973-1048) Persian polymath scholar; during the reign of Dahhak, Azma'il was in charge of providing brains for Dahhak's serpents to eat; he saved every other victim and sent them to live on Mount Demavand; after fall of Dahhak he was threatened with death for his actions but proved he had saved people by ordering those saved to light a fire on their roof; he was given a fief instead of being killed;

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