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Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Title	Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi
Publication Date:	1655 (1066H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	359 mm x 223 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 270.189
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1655 (1066H)
Notes	Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. Evenly matched, the forces of Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina battle intensely, with both leaders fighting each other. The following night, Khusrau's herald calls out an amnesty for all of Bahram's soldiers, and they abandon his camp before dawn comes. This is one of ten folios detached from its codex (also in the Chester Beatty collection, Per 270), the second volume in a two-volume set of this text, illustrated by the Isfahan painter Mu`in Musavvir. Volume one is in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (Ms22): its colophon is dated Jumada II 1064H (April 1654), with four of its paintings dated 1065H or 1067H (1654-1657). Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and two framed rubrics ("Bahram flees Hormozd" in white, "Bahram arrives to the old woman, her words, and his weariness" in red, on verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi (codex CB Per 270), painting signed Mu'in Musavvir, Isfahan, Iran, 1655.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Publication Date 1655 (1066H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 359 mm x 223 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 270.189

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1655 (1066H)

Notes Battle between Khusrau Parviz and the rebellious Bahram Chubina, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. Evenly matched, the forces of Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina battle intensely, with both leaders fighting each other. The following night, Khusrau's herald calls out an amnesty for all of Bahram's soldiers, and they abandon his camp before dawn comes. This is one of ten folios detached from its codex (also in the Chester Beatty collection, Per 270), the second volume in a two-volume set of this text, illustrated by the Isfahan painter Mu`in Musavvir. Volume one is in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (Ms22): its colophon is dated Jumada II 1064H (April 1654), with four of its paintings dated 1065H or 1067H (1654-1657). Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and two framed rubrics ("Bahram flees Hormozd" in white, "Bahram arrives to the old woman, her words, and his weariness" in red, on verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi (codex CB Per 270), painting signed Mu'in Musavvir, Isfahan, Iran, 1655.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script