"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) dated 741 1341 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The colophon folio, now in the Sackler Gallery, Washington, informs us that the manuscript from which this page comes, was produced in the city of Shiraz, ordered by the Injuid dynasty vizier Hasan Qavam al-Daula va al-Din in 741/1341. This early painting depicts the hero Bizhan ridding the Armenian territories of a terrorizing band of wild "Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) 448280

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