"Zal is Restored to his Father Sam by the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Object Name: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1300–30
Geography: Attributed to Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 4 15/16in. (16 x 12.5cm)
Miniature dimensions: 2 1/16 x 4 3/4in. (5.2 x 12.1cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
Accession Number: 69.74.1
Provenance: Textile Museum, Washington (until 1969; sold to MMA)
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title of Work: Shahnama (First Small)
Manuscript: 25.68.1, 34.24.1-6, 57.51.33, 69.74.1-9
Accession Number: 69.74.1
Chapter 7 - Manuchihr (120 years)
Scene: Sam dreams of his son
Dimensions (h x w): 52 x 121 mm
Format: Rectangular, breaking through frame
Reconstructed Folio: 019v
Gregorian Date: 1300 (circa)
School: Baghdad
Source: Shahnama Project