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Rustam kills the white genie, page from an album
(رستم يقتل الجني الأبيض ، صفحة من ألبوم)

Title	Rustam kills the white genie, page from an album
Title Original	رستم يقتل الجني الأبيض ، صفحة من ألبوم
Author	unknown
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	Late fifteenth century early sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Khninko Museum
Subject	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, black ink (engraving added later) — Unknown
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 13.5 سم ، العرض : 8.8 سم (اللوحة)الارتفاع : 15.3 سم ، العرض : 10.7 سم (الصفحة)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	450ГРВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;6;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	Late fifteenth century early sixteenth century AD
Notes	Rostam is an ancient Iranian mythological hero and one of the main characters of Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings). More than a third of the epic poems are devoted to Rostam's qualities, deeds, and other adventures. His last, heroic and seventh act was to kill the White Genie, a powerful leader of demons and sorcerers who captured and blinded the Iranian king Kai Kavous. He freed Rostam the king, but only blood from the White Genie’s liver could restore sight to the ruler. So Rostam fought a battle with the monster, and the miniature shows the moment of Rostam’s victory. After he cut off the genie's leg, Rustam stuck his spear into the right side of the genie's body in order to get his liver. The Persian fighter was drawn according to the iconographic foundations established in the fourteenth century, where the beard (indicating the man's maturity) and the robe made of tiger skin (indicating the strongest military power) and the large object depicted to the right of the genie is perhaps Rustam's staff. The vertical layout of the scene and the absence of small details (such as a depiction of the Genie Cave where the battle took place or other elements of the natural scene) indicate that the page was intended to be part of an album. In the upper left part there is an inscription in Persian: “The work of Behzad, without a doubt.” However, the miniature is difficult to confirm as being the work of the famous painter Kamal al-Din Behzad, and it is clear that the inscription was added to the miniature later.
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Rustam kills the white genie, page from an album

(رستم يقتل الجني الأبيض ، صفحة من ألبوم)

Author unknown

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date Late fifteenth century early sixteenth century AD

Publication Place - Khninko Museum

Subject Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, black ink (engraving added later) — Unknown

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 13.5 سم ، العرض : 8.8 سم (اللوحة)الارتفاع : 15.3 سم ، العرض : 10.7 سم (الصفحة)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 450ГРВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;6;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date Late fifteenth century early sixteenth century AD

Notes Rostam is an ancient Iranian mythological hero and one of the main characters of Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings). More than a third of the epic poems are devoted to Rostam's qualities, deeds, and other adventures. His last, heroic and seventh act was to kill the White Genie, a powerful leader of demons and sorcerers who captured and blinded the Iranian king Kai Kavous. He freed Rostam the king, but only blood from the White Genie’s liver could restore sight to the ruler. So Rostam fought a battle with the monster, and the miniature shows the moment of Rostam’s victory. After he cut off the genie's leg, Rustam stuck his spear into the right side of the genie's body in order to get his liver. The Persian fighter was drawn according to the iconographic foundations established in the fourteenth century, where the beard (indicating the man's maturity) and the robe made of tiger skin (indicating the strongest military power) and the large object depicted to the right of the genie is perhaps Rustam's staff. The vertical layout of the scene and the absence of small details (such as a depiction of the Genie Cave where the battle took place or other elements of the natural scene) indicate that the page was intended to be part of an album. In the upper left part there is an inscription in Persian: “The work of Behzad, without a doubt.” However, the miniature is difficult to confirm as being the work of the famous painter Kamal al-Din Behzad, and it is clear that the inscription was added to the miniature later.

Sample Text “Rustam kills the white genie, page from the album” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;6;ar