Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama)
Object no.: Per 111.4
Object name: Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Title: Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama)
Production place: Tabriz
Object category: Manuscript
Collection: Persian collection
Production date: c. 1330
Dimensions: 592 mm x 400 mm (height x width)
Material: Paper, Pigment, Ink, Gold
Language: Persian
Description: Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy, folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama). Zal's romance with enemy Turanian princess Rudabeh has angered Manuchihr, but he begins to change his mind after a letter of appeal from Zal's father Sam, and after his royal astronomers predict the marriage will produce the birth of Iran's greatest warrior, Rustam. Detached folio, ink, gold and pigments on paper, later re-mounted, Persian text with framed caption and painting (with later retouches), Tabriz, Iran, c. 1330. Dateable to the era of Ilkhanid rule in Iran, a dramatic but fragmentary manuscript known as the Great Mongol Shahnama (and also the Demotte Shahnama) is today dispersed across many international collections, including eleven folios in the Chester Beatty collection.
Source: The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

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Dublin, The Chester Beatty Library
Title of Work: Shahnama (Great Mongol)
Manuscript: Per 111
Accession Number: Per 111.4
Chapter 7 - Manuchihr (120 years)
Scene: Zal goes as an envoy to Manuchihr
Dimensions (h x w): 170 x 200 mm
Format: Rectangular within borders
Reconstructed Folio: 022r
Gregorian Date: 1335 (circa)
School: Tabriz
Source: Shahnama Project