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

Title	Rustam kills Ashkabus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi
Publication Date:	c. 1300
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	180 mm x 148 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 104.21
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1300
Notes	Rustam kills Ashkabus, folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi. Not recognising the hero without his horse Rakhsh, Askhabus makes the mistake of charging Rustam who is on foot. Rustam shoots at Ashkabus and his horse, killing both. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, later mounted onto card, Persian text with chapter-heading and painting, probably Tabriz, Iran, c. 1300. This folio is from a dispersed manuscript known to scholars as the "First Small Shahnama", of which seventy-seven folios are now in the Chester Beatty. The "Small Shahnama" manuscripts are the earliest known illustrated examples of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), the epic Persian poem composed c. 1010 by Firdausi. Two manuscripts are dispersed, and a third is in the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Of small format, these three manuscripts are undated, but usually attributed to c. 1300 on stylistic grounds. Details of iconography confirm that production was after the Mongol invasions of Iran and Iraq, and the establishment of Ilkhanid rule in 1258.
Materyal	Paper (material), Ink (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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

Publication Date c. 1300

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 180 mm x 148 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 104.21

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1300

Notes Rustam kills Ashkabus, folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi. Not recognising the hero without his horse Rakhsh, Askhabus makes the mistake of charging Rustam who is on foot. Rustam shoots at Ashkabus and his horse, killing both. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, later mounted onto card, Persian text with chapter-heading and painting, probably Tabriz, Iran, c. 1300. This folio is from a dispersed manuscript known to scholars as the "First Small Shahnama", of which seventy-seven folios are now in the Chester Beatty. The "Small Shahnama" manuscripts are the earliest known illustrated examples of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), the epic Persian poem composed c. 1010 by Firdausi. Two manuscripts are dispersed, and a third is in the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Of small format, these three manuscripts are undated, but usually attributed to c. 1300 on stylistic grounds. Details of iconography confirm that production was after the Mongol invasions of Iran and Iraq, and the establishment of Ilkhanid rule in 1258.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script