Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

1330–35

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The monumental <em>Great Mongol Shahnama</em> was commissioned by a ruler of the Ilkhanid dynasty, which governed the southwestern part of the Mongol Empire.

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