A folio from a Shahnama, the Persian Book of Kings compiled by the poet Firdausi, attributed to India, Kashmir, and dated to the late 19th or early 20th century, painted in ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. The scene shows Faridun, the just king who overthrows the tyrant Zahhak, inside Zahhak's own palace. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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This source names Kashmir directly: "poet Firdausi, attributed to India, Kashmir, and dated to the late 19th or early 20th century, painted in ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper."
This source names Zahhak directly: "The scene shows Faridun, the just king who overthrows the tyrant Zahhak, inside Zahhak's own palace."
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this Shahnama folio names Faridun in the palace of the tyrant Zahhak.
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