Illustration from the First Small Shahnama, c.1300 showing Ilkhanid Mongols The second battle between Nauzar and Afrasiyab Chapter 8 - Nauzar (7 years) A larger image of 'The second battle between Nauzar and Afrasiyab'. First Small Shahnama, c.1300, showing Ilkhanid Mongols. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Per 104.7. Object no.: Per 104.7 Object name: Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex) Title: Battle between the armies of Iran and Turan, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) Production place: Iran Object category: Manuscript Collection: Persian collection Production date: c. 1300 Dimensions: 228 mm x 202 mm (height x width) Material: Paper, Ink, Pigment, Gold Language: Persian Script type: Naskh script Description: Battle between the armies of Iran and Turan, folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, later mounted onto gold-flecked card, Persian text with painting, probably Tabriz, Iran, c. 1300. This folio is from a dispersed manuscript known to scholars as the "First Small Shahnama", of which seventy-seven folios are now in the Chester Beatty. The "Small Shahnama" manuscripts are the earliest known illustrated examples of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), the epic Persian poem composed c. 1010 by Firdausi. Two manuscripts are dispersed, and a third is in the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Of small format, these three manuscripts are undated, but usually attributed to c. 1300 on stylistic grounds. Details of iconography confirm that production was after the Mongol invasions of Iran and Iraq, and the establishment of Ilkhanid rule in 1258. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Manuscript: Per 104 Accession Number: Per 104.007 Dimensions (h x w): 51 x 122 mm Title of Work: Shahnama (First Small) Reconstructed Folio: 032r Gregorian Date: 1300 (circa) School: Baghdad Source: Shahnama Project Previous      Next Back to the First Small Shahnama, c.1300, showing Ilkhanid Mongol Soldiers