Illustrations from the Shahnama showing Persian soldiers

Bahram Chubina's night attack on the camp of Khusrau Parviz, 1570

The figures wear contemporary dress or dress of no latter than the date of the illustration.
The actions portray the Sassanid/Sassanian period.


Mashhad & Qazvin School

Shahnama Page 1 . Shahnama Page 2