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Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword, c.1300-30 (ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper)

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Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword, c.1300-30 (ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper)
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Persian School, (14th century) / Persian
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Medium
ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Date
c. 1300 AD - c. 1330 AD (C13th AD - C14th AD)
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Folio (from Iran or Iraq) from the First Small (Book of Kings) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) Khosrow II or Khosrow Parviz, last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran on his throne with the sword he will use to execute Afrasiyab for the murder of Siyavush, bound before him. Next to Afrasiyab, his brother Garsivaz, the actual murderer of Siyavush, behind him an executioner with sword drawn. The elderly Kai Kavus, grandfather of Kai Khusrau, is beside his grandson..

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Bridgeman Images
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decoration / servant / mythology / khusraw parviz / sultanate / khusraw / kay khosrow / chosroes / shah / decoration / legend / mythology / miniature / myth / ferdowsi / firdawsi / moslem / arabic / naskh script / sasanian / islam / Afrasiyab / shahnama / illumination / shahnameh / persia / persian / islamic art / Islamic / muslim / iran / manuscript / epic / nasta'liq script / text / king / firdausi / turanian / kay khusraw

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