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Accession Number:
Shah Isma'il II
Title of Work:
Shahnama (Ismail II)
Hijri Date:
975
Gregorian Date:
1576 (to 77)
Origin:
Qazvin
Ownership:
Provenance: exhibited by Demotte in 1912 and thereafter broken up. Baron de Rothschild evidently acquired the pick of 21 miniatures.
Patron:
Safavid
Columns x Rows:
4 x 22
Page Size (h x w):
315 x 315 mm
Text Size (h x w):
315 x 185 mm
Script:
Nasta'liq
Ms Type:
Detached manuscript folios
Ms Status:
Various portions of the text
Completion Status:
Search not completed
Illustrations in ms:
55 ( 3 frontispiece(s) 52 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
30 (9 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
 
 
References
Dating Ref:
Robinson, B.W. Persian paintings in the India Office Library. A descriptive catalogue. Sotheby Parke Bernet. London. UK.
Origin Ref:
Robinson, B.W. Isma'il II's copy of the Shahnama. (in Iran. Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies) 14 pp. 1-8 London. UK.
Folio Ref:
Robinson, B.W. Persian paintings in the India Office Library. A descriptive catalogue. Sotheby Parke Bernet. London. UK.
Illustration Ref:
Robinson, B.W. Persian paintings in the India Office Library. A descriptive catalogue. Sotheby Parke Bernet. London. UK.
 
 
Illustration in archive - 30     (back to top)
f. 001
Shamsa (1576)
f. 002v
Frontispiece (verso side) (1576)
f. 003
Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna (1576)
f. 003r
Frontispiece (recto side) (1576)
f. 003v
Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna (1576)
f. 004
Zahhak enthroned (1576)
f. 005
Jandal, Faridun's envoy, before the King of Yemen (1576)
f. 006
Faridun's sons with the daughters of the King of Yemen (1576)
f. 007
The Simurgh brings Zal to Sam (1576)
f. 008
Sindukht learns of Zal and Rudaba (1576)
f. 009
Rustam enthroned with Kay Qubad on Mount Alburz (1576)
f. 010
Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon (1576)
f. 011
(1576)
f. 012
The first combat of Rustam and Suhrab (1576)
f. 013
Garsivaz brings gifts to Siyavush from Afrasiyab (1576)
f. 014
Siyavush hunts onager with Afrasiyab (1576)
f. 015
Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv (1576)
f. 016
Kay Khusrau returns in triumph from the conquest of Bahman's castle (1576)
f. 017
The Iranians go to Mount Hamavan (1576)
f. 018
Bizhan discovers the wounded Gustaham (1576)
f. 019
Zal and Rustam advise Kay Khusrau (1576)
f. 020
Isfandiyar kills Bidarafsh (1576)
f. 021r
The White Div blinds Kay Kavus and his army (1576)
f. 021v
Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon (1576)
f. 022
Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh (1576)
f. 026r
The fire ordeal of Siyavush (1576)
f. 026v
Piran welcomes Khusrau in Khotan (1576)
f. 027r
Faramarz captures Surkha, son of Afrasiyab (1576)
f. 047r
Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress (1576)
f. 051
The war between the generals of Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina (1576)