Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) Made in Iran, 1500s AD (Safavid perio
Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) Made in Iran, 1500s AD (Safavid period)…one of the most popular episodes from the life of the pre-Islamic Persian king Bahram Gur (reigned AD 420–38). A famed hunter, he was challenged by his concubine, Azada, to strike a donkey through its foot and ear with a single arrow. Azada is in the upper right playing the harp on a camel. Bahram Gur successfully meets her challenge at the bottom of the page; he tossed a rock into the donkey’s ear, then fired when the animal tried to kick it loose. Source: Cleveland Museum of Art 1915.597 -- source link
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