"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) ca. 1330–40 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The Simurgh in this miniature is not the benevolent guardian of the family of Zal and Rustam, but is based on the tradition of the Rukh - a creature of great strength and ferocity. This Simurgh is not yet fully patterned on the Chinese phoenix of some thirty-five years earlier, which comes from a more sophisticated cultural center, but is far more graceful than the rooster/parrot type of Simurgh found elsewhere in the present "Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slay
"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) ca. 1330–40 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The Simurgh in this miniature is not the benevolent guardian of the family of Zal and Rustam, but is based on the tradition of the Rukh - a creature of great strength and ferocity. This Simurgh is not yet fully patterned on the Chinese phoenix of some thirty-five years earlier, which comes from a more sophisticated cultural center, but is far more graceful than the rooster/parrot type of Simurgh found elsewhere in the present "Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) 452653
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