Title: "Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," 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: Page: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
            W. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
Painting: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm) 
                 W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Text block: H. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
                    W. x 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Geography: Made in Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Men, term: Horses