Rustam Kills The White Div Rug

Completing this last of seven trials rustam uses the white div s blood to cure the iranian king kay kavus of his blindness.

Rustam kills the white div rug.

Description on this folio from walters manuscript w 602 rustam kills the white div the seventh feat. Walters art museum 1931 by bequest. He kills the white dîv the new york public library digital collections. Rustam slaying the white div outside a cave.

The mobads question hurmuzd and receive answers. Sam goes to fight mihrab. He kills the white div folio 124 from a shah nama book of kings of firdausi persian about 934 1020 cleveland. However the roots of the narrative date much earlier to the seventh century.

رستم is a legendary hero in persian mythology the son of zāl and rudaba whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th century persian poet ferdowsi in the shahnameh or epic of kings which contains pre islamic iranian folklore and history. In this magnificent refined work of a painter of the safavid court in iran the warrior hero rustam completes his last of seven herculean labors that established his prowess as a matchless hero. While the mughal prvenance is obvious i have to note the cave the blue bacground rocks and the gold sky with the two tone cloud swirls. Iskandar kills the abyssinian monster.

The legendary hero rustam identified by his tiger skin clothing kills the savage chief of the demons the white div in an immense cave as other demons watch from above. Rustam kills the white div folio from a shahnama book of kings author. Nearby is rustam s horse. Attributed to northwestern iran or baghdad.

The artist was obviously drawing on a shiraz inspiration. Scene from the shahnameh. Rustam kills the white div devil the great sages mourn the death of iskandar. Spencer collection the new york public library.

In the persian epic of shahnameh div e sepid persian. He possesses great physical strength and is skilled in sorcery and necromancy he destroys the army of kay kavus by conjuring a dark storm of hail boulders and tree trunks using his magical skills. Abu l qasim firdausi iranian 935 1020 date. Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper.

Rustam standing with dagger armoured slays the white div white demon depicted with tail and bestial features. He rustam s seventh course. Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi s shahnama mughal late 16th century note. دیو سپید lit.