Shanameh posters & prints

Shahnama: Isfandiyar in His Armoured Car Encounters the Simurgh, 1600-1625 Persian School

The Game of Polo, miniature from a shahnama, c.1670 Mughal School

The Iranians Seek Refuge on Mount Hamavan (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdows Iranian master

Illustration from the 'Shahnama' by Abu'l-Qasim Manur Firdawsi 1619 Persian School

Preface from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi…, c. 1444 Unknown

Tecumseh Shawnee Chieftain and William Henry Harrison Stanley Arthurs

Siyavush on his Horse Hitting a Rolling Target from a Shahnama…, late 1400 Unknown

The Court of Gayumart (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdowsi Iranian master

Illustration from the 'Shahnama', by Abu'l-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1781-82 Persian School

Siyavush on his Horse Hitting a Rolling Target from a Shahnama…, late 1400s Unknown

The Slaying of Siyawush (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdowsi) Iranian master

Talhand in battle against his brother Persian School

Aulad Tied to a Plane Tree, from a Shahnama by Firdausi, 1575-1600 Sadiqi Bek

Persian 239 fol.190b Bīzhan slays Hūmān Persian School

The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdowsi Iranian master

Persian 239 fol.180a Detail: Rustam rescues B?zhan from the pit Persian School

The Lamentation of Farude Persian School

Native American Shaman Dutch School

Hands of Fatima, 1999 Laila Shawa

The Shaman, 1901 Sascha Schneider

Rock relief depicting Shapur I and his family wearing heraldic emblems on their hats Sasanian

Rustam Kills the Dragon. (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdowsi) Muin Musavvir

Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama of Firdausi, 1500s Unknown

Panel of fifteen star and cross tiles, attributable to Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir. Kashan (probably), Iran, 1262 Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir

Khar, from a Nuzhat-nama-yi alai…, 1400s Unknown

The Dardanelles, Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, from the Middle of the Channel Anonymous

Shah Anushirvan Captures the Fortress of Saqila Iranian master

Shah Luhrasp?s Ascension to the Throne (Manuscript illumination from the epic Shahname by Ferdowsi) Iranian master

Exterior of Fatima Masumeh shrine (Hazrat-e Masumeh) in Qom Iran Antoine Sevruguin

Shah Abbas I Great receiving Nadr Vali Muhammad Khan of Khanate of Bukhara, Reception Hall, 1647 Persian School

Hana noen shanao, Hana no en: Ushiwakamaru Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shah Jahan on Horseback, c.1630 Payag Payag

Shaykh Sanan and the Christian Maiden School Qajar

Persian 239 fol.244b Illustration from the 'Shahnama', by Abu'l-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 Persian School

Persian 239 fol.32b Illustration from the 'Shahnama', by Abu'l-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, 1444 Persian School

Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama of Firdausi…c1590-1600 Unknown