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Rustam kills the elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Title	Rustam kills the elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi
Publication Date:	1590-1600
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	408 mm x 263 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 277.13
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1590-1600
Notes	Rustam kills Zal’s white elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. While still a boy, Rustam uses his heroic strength to kill a mad elephant, with his grandfather's mace. Impressed, his father Zal decides to send Rustam on his first mission, to avenge his great-grandfather's death at the fortress of Sipand. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), illuminated rubric ("Zal sends Rustam to seize the fortress of Sipand", on verso) and gold-painted borders, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (d. 1022), attributed to the early reign of Safavid Shah `Abbas I (r. 1587-1629), Qazvin, Iran, undated, c. 1590-1600. This is one of twenty-two folios in the Chester Beatty, all from the same partial copy (possibly never fully completed) of Firdausi's Shahnama: ten folios are in a modern binding, twelve are mounted separately. Most of these folios are not directly sequential, and fall into three sets, narrating the earliest kings, Faridun and his descendants, and Rustam.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold pigment
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Qazvin
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Rustam kills the elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Publication Date 1590-1600

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 408 mm x 263 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 277.13

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1590-1600

Notes Rustam kills Zal’s white elephant, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. While still a boy, Rustam uses his heroic strength to kill a mad elephant, with his grandfather's mace. Impressed, his father Zal decides to send Rustam on his first mission, to avenge his great-grandfather's death at the fortress of Sipand. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), illuminated rubric ("Zal sends Rustam to seize the fortress of Sipand", on verso) and gold-painted borders, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (d. 1022), attributed to the early reign of Safavid Shah `Abbas I (r. 1587-1629), Qazvin, Iran, undated, c. 1590-1600. This is one of twenty-two folios in the Chester Beatty, all from the same partial copy (possibly never fully completed) of Firdausi's Shahnama: ten folios are in a modern binding, twelve are mounted separately. Most of these folios are not directly sequential, and fall into three sets, narrating the earliest kings, Faridun and his descendants, and Rustam.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Qazvin

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script