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Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit at night watched by Manīzhah
Illustration of Timurid Soldiers
Add MS 27261
Date: From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814 [1410-1411AD]
A miscellany written for Jalāl al-Din Iskandar ibn ʻUmar Shaykh.
Including three episodes from the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī
Miniature: Folio 298v: Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit at night watched by Manīzhah.
Language: Persian
Physical Description:
Dimensions [leaf]: 18.4 x 12.7
Unwan: Ornamented ʿunwāns
Other: Gilt headings
Border: Illuminated borders
Miniature: Contains one double-page, 40 single miniatures and marginal paintings. Shiraz/Timurid style
Illustration: Some coloured drawings
British Library Add MS 27261
Referenced as figure 187 in: M. GORELIK, "Oriental Armour of the Near and Middle East from the Eighth to the Fifteenth Centuries as Shown in Works of Art", in: Islamic Arms and Armour, ed. ROBERT ELGOOD, London 1979
187. Shāh-Nāmeh, Shiraz, c.1410-1411. (British Museum, Add. 27261)
