Folio with illuminated boarder of foliage, animals and figures. Rectangular text box with four columns of script, dissected in the centre by a painting. Five mounted riders, the main rider wears a crown on a black horse, looking up at a crowned female figure with two females behind her.
AKM445, Khusrau Parviz Returns to Shirin

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Plain boarders surrounding a rectangular text box with four full columns of text, offset to the right side of the page.
AKM445, Khusrau Parviz Returns to Shirin, Back

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Khusrau Parviz Returns to Shirin
Folio from a manuscript of Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by Firdausi (d. 1020)
  • Accession Number:AKM445
  • Creator:paintings attributed to Mu‘in Musavvir (d. 1697)
  • Place:Iran, Isfahan
  • Dimensions:34.2 x 21.5 cm
  • Date:1666-1667
  • Materials and Technique:opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper.

  • Once attentive to his beautiful wife Shirin, the Iranian king, Khusrau Parviz (r. 590–628), begins to neglect her, choosing instead to spend his time hunting, in battles, or travelling the world. One day, when the king is returning from a hunting excursion with his entourage, Shirin dons her crown and goes up to the palace roof. As Khusrau gazes upon Shirin in her imperial splendour, his love for her is rekindled.

     

    — Filiz Çakır Phillip

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