Battling the Demons

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The Shahnama is one of the finest epics from West Asian literature. With the first one having been composed by Abu’l Qasim Firdausi as homage to the fierce Mahmud Of Ghazni, it is a complex interplay of history and lore, the themes explored in which have educated and edified rulers of the medieval and early modern Islamic world. Numerous calligraphers and illustrators have put together their own editions of the Shahnama, each of which is a finer example of the Islamic aesthetic standard than another. This one is a contemporary replica, an embellished Persian miniature, of a page from one of those illustrated manuscripts. Zoom in on different sections of the scene to take in the exquisite workmanship.