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Tanka of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Astarabad
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Derek Warden 2003 2003. Purchased at the Bay State Coin Show
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of David Gordon Mitten in honor of Professor David J. Roxburgh.
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