"Rustam Shoots His Half-brother Shaghad through a Plane Tree", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, dated 887

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Rustam Shoots His Half-brother Shaghad through a Plane Tree', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, dated 887 1482, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 8 7/8 in. ( cm), Codices, Rustam, the great epic hero of the Iran, was lured by his treacherous half-brother to ride over a hidden pit implanted with spears, which impaled him and his trusted horse Raksh. However, with the last vestige of his strength, Rustam was able to shoot his murderer through the tree behind which he was lurking

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