Title: "Iranian and Turanian Armies in Combat", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE
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: Painting with Text Block: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
                                            W. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)
Page: H. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
           W. 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: Made in Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Battles, term: Soldiers, term: Horses