Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600
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Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600
Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600. This section of the Shah-nama is famous for the clever conversational repartee between Rustam and his opponent Ashkabus. When Ashkabus remarked that in choosing not to ride a horse Rustam had signed his own death warrant, Rustam retorted, " Would it be the case then that in your country... lions, tigers, and crocodiles [all] ride on horses to battle?" Rustam then brought down the horse of Ashkabus with a single arrow; his next arrow pierced Ashkabus in the chest
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