# 14th-century Persia

Time and place · hang 750 · 6 works

Works made in Persia in the 14th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## North wall

1. ["Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418), Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418?hang=750)
2. [Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071), Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071?hang=750)
3. [Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-451404), Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-451404?hang=750)
4. ["Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 753 AH/1352 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411?hang=750)

## East wall

5. ["Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1330–40. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648?hang=750)
6. ["The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=750&via=continue) (10 works)
- [More Persian painting and the book](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting?hang=750&via=continue) (24 works)