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PD 3451, Zal shoots a water-fowl (c.1570) (detail)

From 10th century poetry to live rap – discover more about the culture of Iran

26 Apr 2012

An evening at Lucy Cavendish College next Monday will bring together speakers and musicians from Cambridge and beyond to look at the ways in which...

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Shahnama (c.1435)

The Book of Kings: the epic continues

01 Nov 2010

A millennium after its completion, an epic Persian poem is providing the springboard for a new centre of Persian studies in Cambridge.

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