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Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper.

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Title
Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper.
Names
Darvîsh 'Abdî (Calligrapher)
Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Turks, 1830-1876 (Former owner)
Sharîf Amîdî (active 1500-1501) (Translator)
Firdawsī (Author)
Collection

Tarjumah-i Shâhnâmah [Translation of Shâhnâmah into Turkish]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1616 - 1620 (Inferred)
Place: Istanbul
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Turk. MS. 1
Topics
Manuscripts, Turkish
Elephants
Genres
Manuscripts
Illuminations
Notes
Citation/reference: Schmitz, IV.3.
Date: Date created: [1026-1030] (Muslim calendar)
Physical Description
Extent: 17.5 x 18 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8f981440-c6c4-012f-2795-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1616: Created (Approximate)
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1616 - 1620. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-7613-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-7613-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1616 - 1620). Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-7613-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Rustam, fully armed and wearing his traditional tiger-skin coat and leopard hat, comes out through a gateway to kill an enraged white elephant that has trampled its keeper.