'Rustam Lassos the Khaqan of Chin, Pulling him from his White Elephant', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.5 x 13.3 cm), Codices, The Khaqan (khan) of Chin (China) become an ally of the Turanians and faced the Iranians with a vast army, including many sumptuously adorned war elephants. Rustam, despite the enormous odds, was determined to capture the khan and take the booty to the Iranian shah, Kai Khusrau
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Rustam Lassos, Khaqan, Chin, Pulling, White Elephant, Folio, Shahnama, Book, Kings, ca, 1330–40, Attributed, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, silver, paper, Page, 8 1/16 x 5 1/4, 20.5 13.3 cm, Codices, khan, China, ally, Turanians, faced, Iranians, vast army, sumptuously adorned, war, elephants, Rustam, enormous odds, determined, capture, take, booty, Iranian shah, Kai Khusrau
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