Unknown (painter, outliner) and Muhammad Jan al-Kirmani (calligrapher). Shahnama: Rustam's sixth labour: He kills Arzhang. Shiraz and Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1604. Opaque watercolour, ink, gold on paper, 380 x 245 mm. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris, France, Supplément Persan 490, fol. 55r.

Excell, Breanna (Researcher, Scriptwriter, Voiceover, Storyboarder, Audio Editor, Image Editor, Animator, Coder). “Multimedia: Shahnama - Rustam's sixth labour: He kills Arzhang, Iran, ca. 1604 (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 55r)” ARTH 370 Shahnama Project (BNF Supplément Persan 490), Dec. 4, 2018. .

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IMAGES

• BNF Gallica staff. Digital image of Shahnama: Rustam's sixth labour: He kills Arzhang (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 5v). Paris, ca. Nov. 10, 2010. Digital image. BnF Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229967/f125.highres.

SOUND

• Turku. Shab Ayum. Mp3. Vol. Nomads of the Silk Road. United States: Hittite Sun Records, 2000. freemusicarchive.org. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Turku_Nomads_of_the_Silk_Road/Nomads_of_the_Silk_Road/07_-Shab_Ayum.

TEXTS

• Abu ʾl-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi. “The Sixth Course: How Rustam Killed Arzhang” In The Shahnama of Firdausi. Vol. 2. 9 vols. Translated by Arthur G. Warner and Edmond Warner, 57-59. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. http://archive.org/details/FirdausiShahnamaTrWarnerVol2.
• Burckhardt, Titus. Art of Islam: Language and Meaning. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, Inc., 2009.
• Omidsalar, Mahmoud. “Rostam’s Seven Trials and the Logic of Epic Narrative in the Shāhnāma.” Asian Folklore Studies 60, no. 2 (2001): 259-293. doi:10.2307/1179057.

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