Rakhsh killing the lion while Rustam slept. A miniature painting from a fifteenth century manuscript of the epic poem Shahnama. Image taken from Shahn

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Rakhsh killing the lion while Rustam slept. A miniature painting from a fifteenth century manuscript of the epic poem Shahnama. Image taken from Shahnama.

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Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: felinae, historical, history, kill, killing, lion, mammal, painting, persian, shahnama, sleep, sleeping