Title: "The Battle of Pashan Begins", Folio 243v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1530–35
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: 
                H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
                W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Page: 
                H. 18 11/16 in. (47.5 cm)
                W. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
Mat: 
                H. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
                W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Geography: Made in Tabriz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Battles, term: Men, term: Horses