The Feast of Sada

عيد سدة

"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 1970.301.2.

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A page from the Shahnameh of Tahmasp: the Festival of Sada; about 1525, Safavid Tabriz. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “The Feast of Sada”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/eid-sada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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