Shahnamah+Hushang+Manuchihr+Tur+Tahmuras+divs+Faridun+Zahhak+Kabul+Rakhsh+Rustam+Suhrab+Qubad+Tahminah+Iraj+wall painting

 This_illuminated_right_side_page_frontispiece_that_precedes_the_beginning_of

the_main_text_of_the_Shāhnāmah_(Book_of_kings).

 This_illuminated_left_side_page_frontispiece_that_precedes_the_beginning_of

the_main_text_of_the_Shāhnāmah_(Book_of_kings).

 Hūshang_discovers_fire_while_planning_to_kill_a_dragon_with_a_stone

 The_birth_of_Manūchihr

 Manūchihr_kills_Tūr_in_battle

 Manūchihr_kills_Salm

 Tahmūras̱_and_the_dīvs

 Farīdūn_defeats_Z̤ahhāk

 Sām_brings_Zāl_from_the_mountains

 Sām_receives_Sindukht_as_envoy_from_the_king_of_Kābul

There_is_a_later_inscription_on_this_illustration_bearing_the_name_of

the_painter_Rizā_with_the_date_1070_AH_/_1659-60_CE.

 Rakhsh_kills_a_lion_(the_first_feat)

 Rustam_kills_a_dragon_(the_third_feat)

 Rustam_kills_the_White_Dīv_(the_seventh_feat)

The_King_of_Māzandarān_changes_himself_into_a_rock

 Rustam_mortally_wounds_Suhrāb

 Farīdūn_enthroned

 Qubād_discusses_death_before_fighting_Bārmān

Illegible_signatures_are_present,_as_well_as_the_spurious_date_1082_AH_/1671_CE.

 Tahmīnah_laments_over_the_body_of_her_son_Suhrāb

 The_murder_of_Īraj

 Rustam_lifts_Afrāsiyāb_by_the_belt

 This_incipit_page_with_illuminated_headpiece_introduces_the_story_of_Siyāvush.

 The_fire_ordeal_of_Siyāvush

 Siyāvush_plays_polo_before_Afrāsiyāb

 Siyāvush_marries_Farangīs

 Gurūy_executes_Siyāvush

 Rustam_fights_Afrāsiyāb

 Kay_Kāvus_receives_Kay_Khusraw_on_his_arrival_from_Tūrān

 Kay_Khusraw_enthroned

 Kay_Khusraw_reviews_his_troops

 Farūd_retreats_to_his_fortress_and_is_mortally_wounded_by_Ruhām

 Farīburz_marries_Farangīs

 Rustam_kills_Ashkabūs_and_his_horse

 Rustam_captures_and_kills_Kāmūs

 Rustam_pulls_the_Khāqān_of_China_from_his_elephant_by_a_lasso

 Rustam_wrestles_with_Pūlādvand

 Rustam_kills_the_demon_Akvān

 Bīzhan_in_chains_is_brought_to_the_well

 Rustam_drinks_wine_with_Kay_Khusraw

 Rustam_fights_the_son_of_the_White_Dīv_who_guarded_Bīzhan

 Rustam_rescues_Bīzhan_from_the_well

 Kay_Khusraw_receives_Rustam_after_Bīzhan’s_rescue

 Bīzhan_kills_Hūmān

 Bīzhan_slays_Nastihan

 Gīv_fights_Farshīdvard

 Farīburz_kills_Kulbād

Gīv_battles_Gurūy_(Gurvī)

 Bīzhan_kills_Ruyīn

 Zangah_kills_Jāvarjāsp_with_a_spear

 Gūdarz_kills_Pīrān

 Kay_Khusraw_mourns_Pīrān_and_the_dead_Turanians

 Kay_Khusraw_kills_Gurūy_(Gurvī)

 The_army_of_Kay_Khusraw_battles_the_army_of_Shīdah

 Kay_Khusraw,_having_conquered_Afrāsiyāb’s_fortress,_sits_on_his_throne

 Afrāsiyāb’s_chieftains_before_Kay_Khusraw

 Kay_Khusraw_crosses_Lake_Zarah_in_pursuit_of_Afrāsiyāb

 Kay_Khusraw_slays_Afrāsiyāb

 This_incipit_page_with_illuminated_headpiece_introduces_part_2

of_the_Shāhnāmah,_beginning_with_the_story_of_King_Luhrāsp

 Luhrāsp_enthroned

 Gushtāsp_kills_a_wolf

 Gushtāsp_fight_with_Ilyās

 Kayūmars̱_enthroned

 Bidarāfsh_kills_Zarīr,_the_brother_of_Gushtāsp

 Isfandiyār_kills_Gurgsār_during_the_seventh_exploit

 Isfandiyār_kills_Arjāsp

 This_illustration_is_a_spurious_later_attribution_to

Shaykh_ʿAbbāsī_with_the_date_1097_AH_/_1685_CE.

The_first_combat_of_Rustam_and_Isfandiyār

 Rustam_shoots_Isfandiyār_in_the_eyes_with_a_double-pointed_arrow

Rustam_kills_his_brother_Shaghād_before_dying_in_the_pit

 Humāy_enthroned

 Alexander_the_Great_mourns_the_dying_Darius

 Alexander_the_Great_meets_Rushanak,_the_daughter_of_Darius

 Alexander_the_Great_kills_Fūr,_the_king_of_India

 The_execution_of_Ardavān_by_Ardashīr

 Ardashīr_executes_Mihrak

 Ardashīr_hangs_Haftvād_and_his_eldest_son

 Ardashīr_recognizes_his_son_Shāpūr_during_a_polo_game

 Ardashīr,_on_his_deathbed,_cedes_the_throne_to_Shāpūr

Bahrām_Bahrāmiyān_enthroned

 This_illustration_is_a_spurious_later_attribution_to_

Shaykh_ʿAbbāsī_with_the_date_1097_AH_/_1685_CE.

 The_infant_king_Shāpūr_II_enthroned

This_illustration_is_a_spurious_later_attribution_to_

Riz̤ā_ʿAbbāsī_with_the_date_1097_AH_/_1685_CE

 Shāpūr_cuts_off_the_nose_and_ears_of_the_king_of_Rūm

 Shāpūr_besieges_the_Roman_fortress_of_Naṣībīn

 Munzir_introduces_Bahrām_Gūr_to_two

maidens,_one_a_servant,_the_other_a_harpist

 Bahrām_Gūr_hunts_with_his_men

 Bahrām_Gūr_enthroned

 Bahrām_Gūr_hunts_lions

Bahrām_Gūr_decapitates_a_lion

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This copy of Firdawsī's (Abū al-Qāsim Hasan ibn Ishāq Firdawsī Tūsī ابو القاسم حسن بن اسحاق فردوسى طوسى) Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muhammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muhammad al-Husaynī al-Ustādī (محمد ميرك بن مير محمد الحسينى الاستادى), most probably in Herat (present-day Afghanistan). It was completed in 1028 AH / 1618-9 CE. The preface is by Abū Mansūr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Razzāq, who composed it in 346 AH / 957-8 CE. Although incomplete at the end, the manuscript contains eighty-three illustrations. Some are by a later hand and attributed to Safavid artists Rizā ʿAbbāsī and Shaykh ʿAbbāsī in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE.