Rostam portrayed as a Sogdian, leads his troops

Mural in the ‘Blue Room’: Rustam cycle

Rostam portrayed as a Sogdian, leads his troops. Mural in the ‘Blue Room’: Rustam cycle, Panjakent, c.740AD. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.

A larger detail of Rostam portrayed as a Sogdian, mural from Panjakent

Rostam portrayed as a Sogdian, leads his troops. Mural in the ‘Blue Room’: Rustam cycle, Panjakent, c.740AD. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.

Photo by Mikail ibn Jagfar

Held by the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Mural Painting "Rustemiada". Blue Hall

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