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Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Title	Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)
Publication Date:	1570-1585
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	449 mm x 313 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 256.5
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1570-1585
Notes	Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma). The Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) describes the reigns of fifty ancient rulers of Iran, with dramatic sidestories about heroic champions of the court. In this episode, the young hero Bīzhan and the foreign princess Manīzha have fallen in love, even though their two countries have long been bitter enemies. She smuggles him into the palace, and they stay happily in her private apartments until her father the king finds out. Furious, the king sends the princess’s brother to arrest Bīzhan, and he is dragged away. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with two framed rubrics (recto) and painting (verso), from dispersed manuscript of the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi, artist’s name (Naqdī?) inscribed in right margin possibly Qazvin, Iran, c. 1570-1585.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma)

Publication Date 1570-1585

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 449 mm x 313 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 256.5

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1570-1585

Notes Bīzhan is captured in Manīzha’s apartments, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma). The Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) describes the reigns of fifty ancient rulers of Iran, with dramatic sidestories about heroic champions of the court. In this episode, the young hero Bīzhan and the foreign princess Manīzha have fallen in love, even though their two countries have long been bitter enemies. She smuggles him into the palace, and they stay happily in her private apartments until her father the king finds out. Furious, the king sends the princess’s brother to arrest Bīzhan, and he is dragged away. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with two framed rubrics (recto) and painting (verso), from dispersed manuscript of the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi, artist’s name (Naqdī?) inscribed in right margin possibly Qazvin, Iran, c. 1570-1585.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script