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Answers to Questions on Persian Art

1. The Moslem and pre-Moslem periods ; before and after 640 A.D.-2..In the latter part-of the eleventh century.-3. From Darius' palace at Susa.-4. Rayy (Rhages).-5. Sultanabad. —6. Bihzad (1440-1500).---7. Mani (the founder of Mani- ehaeaism).-8. Rudaki (c. 940), In Khurasan.---10.. Yazd, Kashan, Rasht and Lsfaban.-11. Tho triumph of Darius over the Magian Gaumata (the pseudo-Smerdis) and- nine other rebels. —12. Maqsud of Kashan (c. 1540).-13. A hunting scene in which lancers and mounted archers are chasing lions and deer (A.D. 1521).