IMJ367062 A siege of a town during the Period of Fath \'Ali Shah, from an illustrated manuscript of the Shanama by Ferdowsi c.1800-20 (gouache on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 39.1x26.5 cm; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; (add.info.: Shanameh is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD; Fat\'h Ali Sah Qajar (1772-1834), second Qajar king of Persia;); 穢 Israel Museum, Jerusalem ; Persian, out of copyright.