15th century Persian miniature, Firdousi, Abu l-Qasim. Chachnama. Iranian Crown Prince Kay Khusrau beheads King Afrasiyab of Turan. Single page from a Persian manuscript on gelatinized paper with a miniature in colored gouache with gold elevation. 4 columns. Writing mirror: 23 x 13.5 cm. Image size: 9.8 x 12.5 cm. Leaf size approx .: 26 x 15 cm. Framed with glass frame passepartout under glass in multiply profiled and gilded wooden strip. Iran, Shiraz, mid-15th century (about 1430-1440). Miniature from an old paper manuscript with a scene from the Persian Shah name of the poet Abu l-Qasim Firdausi (940-1020). He created with his monumental, about 60,000 verses comprehensive epic ''Shah-name'', the ''Book of Kings'', the national epic of the Persian-speaking world and thus the world's largest epic poem of a single poet ever. Ber. u. slightly stained, leaf size approx. 26 x 15 cm