Hushang Discovers Fire while Planning to Kill a Dragon with a Stone

Description Provenance Credit

Description On this folio from Walters manuscript W.602, Hushang discovers fire while planning to kill a dragon with a stone.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Firdawsi (Persian, died 411-416 AH/AD 1020-1025) (Author)
Muhammad Mirak ibn Mir Muhammad al-Husayni al-Ustadi (Scribe)

Period

1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.602.13B

Measurements

H: 14 3/8 x W: 9 1/4 in. (36.5 x 23.5 cm)

Geographies

Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Book of Kings (Shahnama)	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th century	Period
W.602.binding	Accession

Colophon	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.7A	Accession
alexandre	Tags

Bahram Gur Hunts Lions	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.504A	Accession
zarir	Tags

The Infant King Shapur II Enthroned	Title
Manuscript: 11th century AH/AD 17th century; Illustration: 1097 AH/AD 1685 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.479B	Accession

Bahram Bahramiyan Enthroned	Title
Manuscript: 11th century AH/AD 17th century; Illustration: 1097 AH/AD 1685 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.476B	Accession

Book of Kings (Shahnama)	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602	Accession
combat, persia, iran	Tags

Isfandiyar Kills Arjasp	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.381A	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.106B	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.9A	Accession

Bahram Gur Decapitates a Lion	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.513A	Accession

Bahram Gur Enthroned	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.499B	Accession

Bahram Gur Hunts with his Men	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.494B	Accession

Munzir Introduces Bahram Gur to Two Maidens, One a Servant, the Other a Harpist	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.493A	Accession

Shapur Besieges the Roman Fortress of Nasibin	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.488A	Accession

Shapur Cuts Off the Nose and Ears of the King of Rum	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.486A	Accession

Kay Khusraw Crosses Lake Zarah in Pursuit of Afrasiyab	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.319A	Accession

Kay Khusraw, Having Conquered Afrasiyab’s Fortress, Sits on his Throne	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.311A	Accession

Ardashir, on his Deathbed, Cedes the Throne to Shapur	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.472B	Accession

Ardashir Recognizes his Son Shapur During a Polo Game	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.465A	Accession

Ardashir Hangs Haftvad and his Eldest Son	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.462B	Accession

Ardashir Executes Mihrak	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.460B	Accession

The Execution of Ardavan by Ardashir	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.456B	Accession

Alexander the Great Kills Fur, the King of India	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.433B	Accession

Alexander the Great Meets Rushanak, the Daughter of Darius	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.427A	Accession

Alexander the Great Mourns the Dying Darius	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.423B	Accession

Humay Enthroned	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.415B	Accession

Rustam Kills his Brother Shaghad Before Dying in the Pit	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.410B	Accession

Rustam Shoots Isfandiyar in the Eyes with a Double-pointed Arrow	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.403A	Accession

The First Combat of Rustam and Isfandiyar	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.397B	Accession

Rustam and Isfandiyar Parley	Title
Manuscript: 11th century AH/AD 17th century; Illustration: 1097 AH/AD 1685 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.391B	Accession

Isfandiyar Kills Gurgsar During the Seventh Exploit	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.377B	Accession

Bidarafsh Kills Zarir, the Brother of Gushtasp	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.355A	Accession

Gushtasp Fight with Ilyas	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.346A	Accession

Gushtasp Kills a Wolf	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.341B	Accession
shahnama	Tags

Luhrasp Enthroned	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.337B	Accession

Kay Khusraw Slays Afrasiyab	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.325A	Accession

Afrasiyab’s Chieftains Before Kay Khusraw	Title
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)	Period
W.602.314B	Accession