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Hormuz Forces His High Priest to Eat Poisoned Food..., c1485-1495. Creators: Unknown, Ferdowsi.

Hormuz Forces His High Priest to Eat Poisoned Food..., c1485-1495. Creators: Unknown, Ferdowsi.

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Hormuz Forces His High Priest to Eat Poisoned Food, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi, Iran, Shiraz, c1485-1495. Hormuz (Hormozd IV, r. 579-590), the son of the Sasanian ruler Khusraw I Anushirvan (r. 531-579), garnered a tyrannical, if not evil reputation that persisted through the centuries, even by the time Firdawsi (d. 1020) penned his epic Shahnama (Book of Kings, completed in 1010), which retold the pre-Islamic history of Iran.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
  2. Ferdowsi, attributed to: Persian, Iranian: Author, poet, writer
Subject
  1. Hormizd IV: Sasanian: King
Medium
  1. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Picture Type
  1. Folios
  2. Manuscripts
Geographic Hierarchy

World Middle East

  1. 30 20 16 N , 042 29 52 E
Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Society & Culture Art & Literature

People Other

History & Politics Artefacts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3298x4960
File Size : 47,925kb

Aliases

  1. M.73.5.413
  1. 1090001157
  1. 2-992-246
  1. 2992246
  1. M.73.5.413
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