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Persian, Iran Northwest India

Rustam Compels Aulad to Lead Him to the White Demon, 1400s

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Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Persian

Title

Rustam Compels Aulad to Lead Him to the White Demon

Year

1400s

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor,
  • ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

17.8 x 17.1 cm (7 x 6 11/16 inches)

Place

Iran; Northwest India; India; Iran

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

17.398

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

It Comes in Many Forms

October 23, 2020 - August 14, 2021

This manuscript painting illustrates a triumphant trial of Rustam, one of many heroes in the Shahnameh, Ferdowsi’s (940–1020) epic thousand-page poem. Wearing an impermeable tiger-skin coat and snow-leopard helmet, Rustam forces a provincial king, Aulad, to guide him to his own careless shah (king), Kai Kavus, who is imprisoned by a white div (demon) and other magical beings.

Written in Persian, the Shahnameh traces the lineage of Zoroastrian leaders and heroes from creation to the Muslim conquest of Central Asia in the 650s CE. Although this example was painted during the Muslim Timurid Empire, pre-Islamic histories remained popular subjects in art.

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Timurid School

Rustam Compels Aulad to Lead Him to the White Demon, ca. 1350
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Timurid School

Rustam Compels Aulad to Lead Him to the White Demon, ca. 1350
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Indian Iranian

The Head of Iraj Brought Before Faridun, 1400s

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