6176499 Buzurgmihr masters the Game of Chess, c.1300-30 (ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper) by Persian School, (14th century); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Folio (from Iran or Iraq) from the First Small (Book of Kings) by Abu\'l Qasim Firdausi (935??020) with version of how chess was introduced into Iran from India. To avoid paying tribute to the Sasanians, the rajah of Hind (India) sent an envoy challenging the Iranian ruler to work out how it was played. Vizier Buzurjmihr secured the tribute for his king by solving this. The Iranians are dressed in Mongol costume, the vizier in Arab tunic and turban, the dark-skinned Indian envoy in baggy clothes and a loose turban.).

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