The_assassination_of_Chosroës_Parvez.jpg
Summary
Artist |
Abdul-Samad - attributed by Stuart Cary Welch and others, but disputed by eg Barbara Brend
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
English:
Sassanian king Chosroes Parvez has been deposed and placed in house arrest. Mihr-Hurmuzd has been sent to assassinate him. To save time, Chosroes asks his page to bring him prayer items. The naive youth does exactly as he is told, without fetching guards to save his master. Mihr-Hurmuzd waits until the king is done praying and leaps on him, planting a knife in his stomach. The face of the assassin has been left unfinished.
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Date |
circa 1535
date QS:P571,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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References | http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/card/ceillustration:-2082012290 | ||||||
Source/Photographer | Scan from The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and Storytelling in Mughal India by John Seyller (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2002) | ||||||
Permission
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