Shahnameh — Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz | Persian Miniature Art Print

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Shahnameh — Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz | Persian Miniature Art PrintThe Shahnameh (Book of Kings, c. 1010 CE) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (c. 9401020 CE) is the world's longest epic poem by a single author 60,000 couplets narrating the mythological and historical kings of Persia from creation to the Islamic conquest, and the foundational work of modern Persian literature. Its illustrated manuscripts, produced over five centuries in Herat, Tabriz, Shiraz, and Isfahan under Timurid, Safavid, and Mughal patronage, represent

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