Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
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The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian mi
The Court of Kayumars
Attributed to Aqa Mirak; Faridun disguised as a dragon tests his sons
"Presentation of Gifts by the Safavid Ambassador, Shahquili, to Sultan Selim II at Edirne in 1568", including the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. Şehname-I Selim Han, 1581.
The Death of Zahhak, fol. 37b.
Keyumars
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Keyumars or Kiomars is a legendary figure from Iranian mythical history, appearing in both the Avesta and the Shahnameh.
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
…in 1501. Dust Muhammad wrote an account of Persian painting which mentions the manuscript. It is the first of many accounts to single out the Court of Guyumars (illustrated above), which he says is by Sultan Mohammad, whom he refers to as a “zenith of the age." Later scholars have called this miniature "matchless…
Ahriman, in the form of a serpent, suffocates the primordial bull, from which the primordial man Keyumars emerges.
Court of Keyumars, 16th century Persian miniature from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama
IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957