Author
Attributed to the Safavid teacher Sultan Muhammad
Author Original
منسوبة للمعلم الصفوي سلطان محمد
Publication Date
Approximately 1524-1525
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
40 × 30 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
AKM165
Record ID
object;EPM;ca;Mus21;1;ar
Library Location
Aga Khan Museum
Date
Approximately 1524-1525
Notes
Ferdowsi's epic poetry (The Shahnameh/Book of Kings) was completed in 1010 and recounts the history of all Iranian shahs (kings) until the Arab invasion of Persia in 642 AD and the country's conversion to Islam. Much of the poetry focuses on legendary prehistoric kings, some of whom ruled for hundreds of years and established human knowledge of everything from fire to weaving. According to Ferdowsi, the precise idea of a king originated with King Kayumars, who He ruled for thirty years and sought to establish a peaceful kingdom in which men wore leopard-spotted robes and wild animals were domesticated. In this utopian concept, Kayomars had one secret enemy, the evil Ahriman, whose envy led him to tempt his son, Dev, the Black, to kill Siamak, son of Kayomaras, and before the assassination occurred, King Soroush warned Kayomaras of Ahriman’s treachery.
Sample Text
“The Court of Kayumars, 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;1;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
MWNF Working Number: CA1 01
Seçili bibliyografya
Welch, Stuart Cary,A King’s Book of King’s: The Shah-Nameh of Shah Tahmasp, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972. ISBN: 9780300192650.
