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Ilkhanid Illustration
Great Mongol (Demotte) Shāh-Nāmeh
Chapter 7 - Manuchihr (120 years)
The mobads question Zal

Tabriz, Persia, c.1335AD



Firdawsi's "Shahnama": The Mubids Interrogate Zal
Persian
Ilkhanid period
before 1330
Object Place: Tabriz, Iran
DIMENSIONS: 36.4 x 47.4 cm
ACCESSION NUMBER: 31.436
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Credit Line: Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston



Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Title of Work: Shahnama (Great Mongol)
Manuscript: 22.392-31.436
Accession Number: 22.392
Chapter 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years)
Scene: Mihran Sitad asks the Khaqan to give his daughter to Anushirvan as a wife
Dimensions (h x w): 185 x 245 mm
Format: Rectangular within borders
Reconstructed Folio: 234v
Gregorian Date: 1335 (circa)
School: Tabriz
Source: Shahnama Project

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