File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 1030 fol 30b.jpg

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Zahhak slays the sacred cow Barmayah  wikidata:Q107663639 reasonator:Q107663639
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Zahhak slays the sacred cow Barmayah
label QS:Len,"Zahhak slays the sacred cow Barmayah"
Part of Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Zahhak does not appear in this composition, but his men are shown engaged in an orgy of killing. From the Shahnamah of Shah Tahmasp. Text copied in a superior nasta‘liq script, headings in riqa‘; with 22 lines to the page, arranged in 4 columns, two to a couplet; headings generally occupying the space of 2 couplets. 47 x 32cm (folio)
Date 1520s
date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; margins heavily sprinkled with gold
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Tabriz, Iran
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-zahhak-slays-the-sacred-cow-barmayah-mss1030-folio30/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Zahhak slays the sacred cow Barmayah
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