Image of The dying Rustam shoots Shaghad

The dying Rustam shoots Shaghad

Image description: Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w Illustrator: [Anon] 1614 Language: Persian Source/Shelfmark: I.O. ISLAMIC 3265, f.391v The dying Rustam shoots his treacherous brother Shaghad (face obliterated). Two armed spectators apparently making off in alarm, and a young man in the branches of the tree to which Shaghad is pinned. Rustam and Rakhsh are both in the pit, but the former is not mounted on the latter. 25 by 19 cm. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Isfahan style. Originally published/produced in 1614
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: man / men / young / colours / fiction / watercolour / color / manuscript / natural activity / persian / document / male / dying / colour / literature

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