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Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
illustrated manuscript of the Shahnameh
Details
- Instance of
- illuminated manuscript
- Inception
- 16th century
- Publication date
- 16th century
- Has parts
- Shahnameh manuscript Met 1970.301, Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), Rustam Pursues Akvan, The Onager-Div, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Gushtasp Slays the Dragon of Mount Saqila, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, The musician Barbad conceals himself in a tree, Zal is Sighted by a Caravan (LTS1995.2.46), Faridun’s mother Faranak sends gifts to her son, The Court of Kayumars, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, The story of Haftvad and the worm, Suhrab overthrows Rustam in their second combat, Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna, Qaran unhorses Barman
- collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, The Aga Khan Museum, Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, David Collection, Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Art, Art and History Collection, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art
- commissioned by
- Ismail I
- exemplar of
- Shahnameh
- language of work or name
- Persian
- location of creation
- Tabriz
- named after
- Tahmasp I
- number of pages
- 759, 258
- writing system
- Nastaʿlīq
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