"The Wedding of Siyavush and Farangis", Folio 185v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian
 Painting attributed to Qasim ibn 'Ali Iranian
 Workshop director Mir Musavvir Iranian

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Circumstances of his father’s making force Siyavush, son of the Iranian shah Kai Kavus, into exile in Turan, the neighboring power and chief enemy of Iran. There he marries Farangis, daughter of the king Afrasiyab, and fathers the future shah of Iran, Kai Khusrau. In this painting, the couple celebrate their wedding night inside a pavilion, while musicians serenade them from the terrace. Mir Musavvir, the artist who supervised this painting, was known for his romantic temperament, expressed by the lovers’ embrace and the merry entertainers.

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"The Wedding of Siyavush and Farangis", Folio 185v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus), Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

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