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Bahrām Gūr kills a dragon. Fol. 35 of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah.

Accession number
MS M.847.1
Object title
Bahrām Gūr kills a dragon. Fol. 35 of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah.
Created
Iran, probably Shīrāz, ca. 1585.
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description
1 leaf : paper, ill. ; 175 x 165 mm
Provenance
The three leaves removed from MS M.470 now known as M.847.1-3 were in the possession of Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Leaf removed from Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah (MS M.470) written and illuminated ca. 1585 in Iran, probably in Shīrāz.
Classification