Author
Attributed to Dost Muhammad
Author Original
تنسب لدوست محمد
Publication Date
Approx 1540
Publication Place
Iran, Tabriz -
Aga Khan Museum
Subject
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
45 × 30 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
AKM164
Record ID
object;EPM;ca;Mus21;2;ar
Library Location
Aga Khan Museum
Date
Approx 1540
Notes
The vast historical erudition, imaginative power and national significance of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), a poetic epic completed by Ferdowsi in 1010, has inspired countless works in all forms of expression. This page AKM164 (Yusra p. 521) of the Shahnameh was written for the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmaz/Tahmasp (r. 1524-76) and centers around Haftavad, a middle-class man of Seven sons and a daughter, whose fate was linked to the rise of Sassanian rule (224-651).
Sample Text
“Haftavad and the Worm, a page from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by Shah Tahmasp” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;2;ar
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