Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskh script, headings in red; recto: text, Kay Kavus fighting with the King of Barbaristan (Barbary), battle of Kay Kavus and the King of Hamaveran; six columns, thirty-three lines of text; verso: illustration and text, Message of Kay Kavus to the King of Hamaveran: asking for Sudaba's hand in marriage, six columns, thirty-three lines of text; one of a group of four folios. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- late 15th century?
- Dates
- Timurid period
- Format
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 32.3 x 24.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in)
- Place Discussed
- Iran or India?
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.127
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/55fc6d9cb7c96539c24d63cae7b1d123
