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Ilkhanid Illustration
Shahnama of Firdausi
(Metropolitan Museum's Small Shahnama)
Sam Comes to Inspect Rustam
[perhaps Capter 7 - Manuchihr (120 years). Sam visits Zal and (the infant) Rustam]
Folio from the Schulz-Gutman Shahnama (Book of Kings) 1330-1340AD, Isfahan



A larger image of Sam Comes to Inspect Rustam, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) 1330-1340AD - Ilkhanid Soldiers.

Text Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020)
Date: ca. 1330-40
Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Page: 8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.3 x 13 cm) Painting: 1 15/16 x 4 in. (5 x 10.1 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
Accession Number: 1974.290.4
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York



New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title of Work: Shahnama (Gutman)
Manuscript: 1974.290.1-42, 2003.330.1-7
Accession Number: 1974.290.4
Chapter 7 - Manuchihr (120 years)
Scene: Sam visits Zal and Rustam
English Title: Sam comes to inspect Rustam
Rubric: 1749
Format: Rectangular within borders
Reconstructed Folio: A17v
Gregorian Date: 1335 (circa)
School: Isfahan
Source: Shahnama Project

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