CROWN, (Pers. and Ar. tāj), royal and divine headdress.

i. In the Median and Achaemenid periods

ii. From the Seleucids to the Islamic conquest

iii. On monuments from the Islamic conquest to the Mongol invasion

iv. Of Persian rulers from the Arab conquerors

v. In the Qajar and Pahlavi periods

(Multiple Authors)

Originally Published: December 15, 1993

Last Updated: November 2, 2011

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