Title

The Marriage of Sudaba and Kai Kavus, Folio 130r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525-30.

Caption

The Marriage of Sudaba and Kai Kavus, Folio 130r from the Shahnama..., ca. 1525-30. Creators: Qasim ibn 'Ali, Mir Musavvir.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A68_421

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Rights managed

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47,7Mb (9,2Mb) / 11,2in x 16,5in / 3364 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

unusual female women woman people male man men mask arts painting country marriage metal writing pattern monarch book guy museum color king carpet decorative royal gold carpets tent tents location century ink veiled veil literature Iran Iranian royalty masked miniature concept script Colour Patterned The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art poem poetry Persian Persia gold leaf 16th century sixteenth century Book of Kings Shah Shahnama Shahnameh Shah-nameh sovereign TGN watercolour manuscript Persian carpet Farsi Ferdowsi Firdawsi Abu Ol-qasem Mansur Firdausi Firdaws¯i His Majesty soft furnishing Heritage Art Nasta'liq Nastaliq epic poem (Abu Ol-qasem Mansur) (Firdausi) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Kai Kavus Qasim ibn 'Ali 'Ali Qasim ibn Mir Musavvir Musavvir Mir Tahmasp Shah of Persia Tahmasp I