Genuine Islamic Persian Middle Eastern bronze mirror, circa 900-1100 AD.Mirror surface is flat.The reverse surface is also flat with 4 concentric bands of different meander ornaments. Small knob is complete; Condition: mostly reddish patina with green islands. The item is in fine condition 100% authentic no restoration.Diameter: 7.4 cm = 74 mm;Weight: 53.94 g;Origin: Afghanistan.You'll get the same item as it is showing in the photos.Persian EmpireThe Persian Empire is any of a series of imperial dynasties centered in Persia with boundaries that fluctuated around that core, extending far into regions that would later become Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Azerbaijan. The first of these was established by Cyrus The Great over 2,500 years ago, in 550 BC, but the existence of dynastic rule centered in the region was absent after a series of foreign invasions, starting by Arab conquest of Persia and later Mongol Invasion, for an 850 year period from 651 AD until 1501 AD. The main religion was Zoroastrianism, founded by Zarathushtra or so called by the Medes Zoroaster. The Persian Empire also had an elite guard for the shah called the immortal.Dynasties that have been counted as instances of the Persian Empire include:•Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), also called "First Persian Empire"•Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD, also called "Arsacid Empire"•Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD), also called "Neo-Persian Empire" and "Second Persian Empire"•History of Persia under: oSafavid dynasty (1501–1736 AD)oAfsharid dynasty (1736–1796 AD)oZand dynasty (1750–1794 AD)oQajar dynasty (1785–1925 AD)oPahlavi dynasty (1925–1979 AD)