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Shāh-nāmeh: Media

work by Ferdowsī

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illustration from the Shāh-nāmeh
Bahrum Gur killing a dragon, illustration from the Shāh-nāmeh, 1320–60;...
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund, 1943.658 (CC0 1.0)
Shāh-nāmah: Aradashīr, Haftvad
Ardashīr feeding molten metal to Haftvad's worm, illustration from a manuscript page...
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, M.73.5.411
Shāh-nāmah: Hormuz
Hormuz tied to a column and beaten, illustration from a manuscript page of Ferdowsī's...
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, M.73.5.463