Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shahnameh of Ferdowsi A complete manuscript of 232 folios with twenty-one miniature paintings, all signed by Mo'in that constitute the second half of the Shahnameh. Another volume that constitues the first half of the epic is in the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, in Geneva (Ms. C). Dating: The manuscript itself is undated, but the last miniature (f. 223) is dated Moharram 1066/ November 1655. Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. Download Commentary Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shahnameh of Ferdowsi Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shahnameh of Ferdowsi Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. . Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shanameh of Ferdowsi Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shahnameh of Ferdowsi Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image Mo'in Mosavver Manuscript D Shahnameh of Ferdowsi Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Ms. no. 270. Click on thumbnail to view enlarged image
				folio 12 Goshtasp Puts His Son Esfandiyar in Chains
				folio 25 Esfandiyar's Third Exploit: He Battles the Dragon
				folio 26 Esfandiyar's Fourth Exploit: He Slays the Sorceress
				folio 31v Esfandiyar Kills Arjasp and Rescues His Sisters
				folio 44 Combat of Rostam and Esfandiyar
				folio 48v Rostam Shoots Esfandiyar in the Eyes with a Double-Pointed Arrow
				folio 53 Rostam Slays Shaghad Then Dies
				folio 66 Eskandar with Roshanak in the Haram
				folio 80 Eskandar Meets Khezr and Elyas in the Land of Darkness
				folio 89v Ardavan Captive Before Ardashir
				folio 95 Ardashir Recognizes Shapur During a Polo Game
				folio 106 Shapur Enthroned
				folio 109 Shapur Before the King of Rum
				folio 110v Shapur Defeats the Rumis
				folio 163 Kharrad, Son of Barzin Reveals All Things to Hormozd
				folio 175 Benduy and Gostaham Blind Hormozd
				folio 186v Khosrow Parviz Battles with Rumis
				folio 189 Khosrow Parviz and Bahram Chubineh Battle
				folio 197v The Death of Bahram Chubineh
				folio 216 Mehr Hormozd Slays Khosrow Parviz
				folio 223 Sa'd-e Vaqqas Slays General Rostam