Title: "Birth of Rustam", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1560–80
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph V. McMullan Gift, 1965
Geography: Attributed to    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Infants, term: Men, term: Women, term: Birth