# 16th-century Persia

Time and place · hang 752 · 6 works

Works made in Persia in the 16th century.

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

## North wall

1. ["A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723?hang=752)
2. ["Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728?hang=752)
3. ["The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725?hang=752)
4. ["Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160?hang=752)

## East wall

5. ["The Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-angel-surush-rescues-khusrau-parviz-from-a-cul-de-sac-fo-met-452182), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/the-angel-surush-rescues-khusrau-parviz-from-a-cul-de-sac-fo-met-452182?hang=752)
6. ["Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171?hang=752)

## Doors

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=752&via=continue) (10 works)
- [More Persian painting and the book](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting?hang=752&via=continue) (24 works)