"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian
 Calligrapher Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din Iranian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 450

"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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