Title: "Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1300–30
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: Text block: 
                H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
                W.  4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Painting:
                 H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
                 W.  4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934
Geography: Made in    Iran or Iraq      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Men, term: Games