"Rustam Brings the Div King to Kai Kavus for Execution", Folio 127v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Mir Musavvir|Qasim ibn 'Ali|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
Even with the death of the White Div and the Div General Arzhang, the demons of the Div King of Mazandaran continue to harry the Iranians. At last, Kai Kavus leads his army into battle gainst the divs. Rustam captures the Div King, who transforms himself into a stone. When Rustam lugs him to Kai Kavus and threatens to slice him up, he returns to div form and is executed on Kai Kavus's order. [A later hand blackened the face and hands of Kai Kavus.]
- Artist
- Mir Musavvir|Qasim ibn 'Ali|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
