Bahram Chubina returns thoughtfully to his companions, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

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Bahram Chubina returns thoughtfully to his companions, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. Having heard an encouraging prediction at a magical fortress in the wilderness, Bahram Chubina rejoined his hunting companions without explaining, and began to dream of future power, glory and rebellion against king Hormozd. This is one of ten folios detached from its codex (also in the Chester Beatty collection, Per 270), the second volume in a two-volume set of this text, illustrated by the Isfahan painter Mu`in Musavvir. Volume one is in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (Ms22): its colophon is dated Jumada II 1064H (April 1654), with four of its paintings dated 1065H or 1067H (1654-1657). Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and two framed rubrics ("Bahram becomes rebellious to Hormozd, and Khirad-Burzin abandons him" in white, "The priest interprets events, and Hormozd sends Bahram the basket of broken daggers as a warning" in red, on verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi (codex CB Per 270), painting signed Mu'in Musavvir, Isfahan, Iran, 1655.