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Illustrations from
Shahnameh (Shahnama) by Ferdowsi
Topkapi Sarai Museum MS Hazine 1479
Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.73b
Source: Fig 28, p.103, Mazhar Ipsiroglu, Islamda Resim Yasagi Ve Sonuclari
Rustam saves Bizhan from the well
Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings').
by Ali b. Husayni Bahmani
Shiraz, 1330.
Hazine 1479, folio 91b
Kay Khusrau's champions lost in the snow. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.126a
Source: Fig 30, p.104, Mazhar Ipsiroglu, Islamda Resim Yasagi Ve Sonuclari
Isfandiyar fights the dragon. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.144a
Source: Fig 29, p.104, Mazhar Ipsiroglu, Islamda Resim Yasagi Ve Sonuclari
Gurgsar kneeling as a prisoner in Isfandiyar's tent.
Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings').
by Ali b. Husayni Bahmani
Shiraz, 1330.
Hazine 1479, folio 144b
Isfandiyar kills the Simurgh. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.145a
Source: Fig 31, p.105, Mazhar Ipsiroglu, Islamda Resim Yasagi Ve Sonuclari
Isfandiyar passing through the snowstorm
Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings').
by Ali b. Husayni Bahmani
Shiraz, 1330.
Hazine 1479, folio 145b
Khusrau Parviz and Shirin in his palace. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.165a
Haftvad's daughter spinning. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479, f.185a
Source: Fig 32, p.105, Mazhar Ipsiroglu, Islamda Resim Yasagi Ve Sonuclari
Bahram Gur pins a gazelle's hoof to its ear / Bahram Gur's mount tramples Azada. Shahnama. TSM Hazine 1479.
Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings').
by Ali b. Husayni Bahmani
Shiraz, 1330.
Hazine 1479, folio 193a
