Shahnamah
Shahnamah
- Description:
- Iskandar Encounters the Angel Israfil
- Author:
- Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
- Copyist:
- Muhammad al-Katib al-Qiwam Shirazi
- Language:
- Persian
- Medium:
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Location:
- Probably Turkey
- Dimensions:
- Folio: H. 45.2 cm; W. 30.2 cm
- Date:
- 1562–83
- Inventory Number:
- S1986.256
- Lender:
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Credit:
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler